Specializations and Deep Dives

Master the principles of securing applications and infrastructure against modern threats. You'll understand attack vectors, defensive strategies, and how to build security into your development process.

Go beyond basic queries to understand indexing strategies, query optimization, replication, and distributed database architectures. You'll learn how to design data systems that scale.

Explore architectures where code runs on-demand without managing servers. You'll understand functions-as-a-service, event buses, and when serverless is the right choice.

Learn systematic approaches to making applications faster and more efficient. You'll master profiling, benchmarking, and optimization techniques across the full stack.

Understand the core concepts that power modern frontend frameworks like React, Vue, and Angular. You'll grasp component models, state management, and rendering strategies.

Develop a comprehensive understanding of testing approaches from unit to end-to-end. You'll learn how to build confidence in your code through effective test design.

Master the art of designing APIs that developers love to use. You'll understand REST best practices, GraphQL, versioning strategies, and documentation approaches.

Understand how modern authentication and authorization systems work under the hood. You'll explore OAuth, JWTs, session management, and identity providers.

Learn how to build applications that update instantly without page refreshes. You'll understand WebSockets, Server-Sent Events, and real-time architecture patterns.

Discover how to instrument applications to understand user behavior and system performance. You'll learn event design, analytics pipelines, and privacy considerations.

Explore platforms like Firebase, Supabase, and AWS Amplify that accelerate development. You'll understand when to build versus buy and how to leverage managed services effectively.

Understand how digital media works from formats and compression to processing and delivery. You'll learn to handle images and video efficiently in your applications.

Master the systems that store and deliver content at global scale. You'll understand object storage, caching strategies, and how CDNs make applications faster worldwide.

Get oriented in the mobile development landscape from native to cross-platform approaches. You'll understand the tradeoffs and technologies that power mobile apps.

Learn the principles that keep systems running smoothly in production. You'll understand SLOs, error budgets, incident response, and building resilient systems.

Explore how organizations move, transform, and analyze data at scale. You'll understand ETL pipelines, data warehouses, and the tools that power data-driven decisions.

Demystify AI and machine learning tools that are transforming software development. You'll learn how to effectively leverage AI assistants, APIs, and models in your work.