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MasterclassFlagship

System Design Interview Mastery

From vague architecture answers to staff-level trade-off thinking.

107 lessons•11 modules•910 min

A reusable system design answer framework for ambiguous prompts

Clear language for consistency, scaling, and reliability trade-offs

System Design Module 8: CAP Theorem & Consistency Models6 min read

System Design Module 6: Database Design (SQL vs NoSQL)5 min read

Open curriculum

MasterclassBestseller

DSA Interview Mastery

Patterns, mental models, and interview-grade execution in one path.

107 lessons•19 modules•725 min

Pattern-first mastery across arrays, trees, graphs, DP, and greedy problems

A clean progression from theory to representative interview questions

Pattern Blueprint: The Backtracking Master Template6 min read

Pattern Blueprint: The Monotonic Stack Template6 min read

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MasterclassCareer Accelerator

Java Backend Mastery

JVM internals, concurrency, APIs, and production patterns in one academy track.

60 lessons•12 modules•442 min

Deeper intuition for memory, GC, threading, and performance bottlenecks

A practical roadmap from language fundamentals to architecture-facing Java

Mastering OOP: Inheritance and Polymorphism6 min read

Deep Dive: The Collections Framework6 min read

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Advanced TrackAdvanced Track

Database Engineering Mastery

Storage engines, sharding, indexing, and data-system trade-offs.

41 lessons•4 modules•367 min

Sharper intuition around indexing, storage engines, and consistency trade-offs

A stronger toolkit for sharding, schema evolution, and database scalability

Database Engineering Mastery: Roadmap and Learning Path for Backend Engineers7 min read

SQL vs NoSQL: Which One for Your Next Production MVP?7 min read

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Advanced TrackSystems Track

Messaging & Event-Driven Mastery

Kafka, queues, retries, and the reality of reliable async systems.

21 lessons•6 modules•174 min

Clearer mental models for Kafka internals, rebalancing, retries, and outbox patterns

A stronger sense for messaging trade-offs across throughput, ordering, and recovery

Messaging & Event-Driven Mastery: Roadmap and Learning Path8 min read

Retry Queues vs. DLQ: Architecting Resilient Message Consumers7 min read

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Advanced TrackModern Stack

AI Infrastructure Mastery

RAG, embeddings, vector systems, inference economics, and production LLMs.

15 lessons•5 modules•155 min

A practical systems view of RAG, embeddings, vector search, and LLM observability

Better judgment on retrieval architecture, latency, and cost trade-offs

Vector Embeddings: The Foundation of Modern AI Applications12 min read

Advanced RAG Architecture: Beyond Simple Vector Search7 min read

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Core Masterclasses

Structured programs for the skills that move careers

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System Design Interview Mastery

107 lessons • 910 min

DSA Interview Mastery

107 lessons • 725 min

Java Backend Mastery

60 lessons • 442 min

HLD & LLD Mastery

36 lessons • 243 min

Specialist Tracks

Go deeper once the fundamentals click

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Database Engineering Mastery

Advanced • 41 lessons

Backend Systems Mastery

Advanced • 28 lessons

Staff Engineer Playbooks

Expert • 24 lessons

Messaging & Event-Driven Mastery

Advanced • 21 lessons

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AI/ML

Claude Code in Production: Migrating a Legacy Java Monolith to Spring Boot 3 — A Real-World Case Study

The Problem: A 50,000-Line Legacy Monolith Mental Model > Claude Code is most powerful as a force multiplier on tasks that are large, well-defined, and mechanical — exactly what a legacy migration is. The human provides…

May 15, 20269 min readAdvancedCase Study

MySQL Mastery: Indexing and Performance

Mental Model > An index is the table of contents at the back of a textbook. Without it, you have to read every single page to find a specific word (Full Table Scan). When a table grows beyond a million rows, queries that…

May 5, 20265 min read

Deep DiveComplete MySQL Mastery Roadmap

#databases#sql#mysql

DatabasesAdvanced

MySQL Mastery: Sharding and Horizontal Scaling

Mental Model > Sharding is like splitting a massive, unmanageable phonebook into 26 smaller phonebooks, one for each letter of the alphabet. As long as you know the starting letter (the Shard Key), finding a number is in…

May 5, 20265 min read

Deep DiveComplete MySQL Mastery Roadmap

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Case Studies

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AI/MLAdvanced

Gemini CLI Lesson 8: Monorepo Modernization Case Study

Problem statement A platform team owns a large commerce monorepo with: - 140 backend services - 30 shared libraries - 4 frontend applications - 2 API gateway layers - a mixture of REST, gRPC, and asynchronous events They…

May 20, 20266 min read

Case StudyGemini CLI Mastery

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AI/MLAdvanced

Claude Code in Production: Migrating a Legacy Java Monolith to Spring Boot 3 — A Real-World Case Study

May 15, 20269 min read

Case StudyClaude Code Mastery

#ai-ml#java#devops

DatabasesAdvanced

MySQL Schema Design Case Study: Building a Scalable E-Commerce Database

The Schema Design Challenge Mental Model > Database schema design is architecture. Like all architecture decisions, it must be driven by the query patterns and access patterns you actually have — not the ones you imagine…

May 15, 202610 min read

Case StudyComplete MySQL Mastery Roadmap

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