DBS Coding Camp 2026

DBS Foundation Coding Camp — full-stack instructor and backend/capstone mentor from January through June 2026.

Engagement

Combined ten instructor-led sessions for university participants—front-end basics through React, asynchronous API work, Node.js, REST-to-AI backend integration, and authentication concepts—with ten capstone mentoring sessions across six teams: two vocational-school teams and four university teams. The six mandatory team sessions were followed by four additional sessions—two with vocational-school teams and two with university teams. Overall instruction ratings averaged around 4.82 / 5; mentoring feedback was 5.0 / 5 across satisfaction, mentor expertise, and problem-solving support. The mentoring focused on backend architecture cleanup, PostgreSQL optimization, Git workflow, and project-specific blockers.

In 2026, my role expanded from the previous year’s machine-learning instruction and capstone mentoring into full-stack instruction and backend mentoring.

Participant feedback most often mentioned step-by-step explanations, live coding, practical demos, and direct connections to capstone work. Students also highlighted help with React and API integration, authentication, AI-service trade-offs, backend architecture, PostgreSQL optimization, Git workflow, and project blockers; some asked for more practice time or slower pacing on dense topics.