Weekly Targets
| Week | Focus | Coverage Areas |
|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | Browser Basics | Event loop, rendering, browser internals, HTTP |
| Week 2 | Frontend Architecture | Modern frontend architecture, auth, frontend patterns |
| Week 3 | Reliability | Traffic control, retries, resilience patterns |
| Week 4 | Scaling | Scaling, consistency, caching, replication |
| Week 5 | APIs & Communication | Service communication and API design |
| Week 6 | Data & Messaging | Databases, indexing, queues, locking |
| Week 7 | Infra & Deployment | Cloud, deployment, infrastructure patterns |
| Week 8 | Revision & Buffer | Weak areas, new topics, articulation reps |
Assumptions
- This bucket is lightweight and continuous
- Goal is conversational engineering maturity, not academic mastery
- Daily effort target:
- 30–45 mins
- reading + thinking + speaking aloud
- Topics should remain discussion-oriented
- Focus on:
- intuition
- tradeoffs
- practical understanding
- real-world examples
- Lightweight notes are enough
- No need for deep implementation-level expertise
- This bucket supports:
- system design
- project articulation
- staff-level communication
- engineering confidence
- New topics can continuously be added
- Bandwidth should always remain for curiosity-driven exploration
Engineering Discussions Affirmation
Goal is not memorization. Goal is sounding like an experienced engineer during technical discussions.
For every topic:
- Understand what it is
- Why it exists
- When to use it
- Tradeoffs involved
- Real-world examples
Strong candidates:
- explain concepts simply
- connect ideas together
- discuss tradeoffs calmly
- avoid unnecessary jargon
- sound practical instead of theoretical
This bucket is about:
- engineering intuition
- conversational confidence
- practical system thinking
- technical maturity
Remember:
You do not need perfect depth.
You need strong clarity and calm articulation.