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Full stack developer

Enough frontend, backend and data to build and ship a whole product on your own, with AI where it helps.

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What does a full stack developer do?

A full stack developer can take an idea from an empty folder to something people use: the interface, the API behind it and the database behind that.

Nobody is equally deep everywhere. The aim is to be dangerous on both sides, and know which side a problem actually lives on.

Stage 01The language and the page
JavaScript, and the browser it runs in.
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JavaScript basics4 min DOM manipulation2 min Events2 min
Forms2 min Web storage3 min Async and await3 min
Stage 02React
Interfaces built from components.
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Introduction2 min Components2 min Props2 min
State2 min A search filter6 min
CheckpointBuild a LinkTree clone
Stage 03The backend
An API your frontend can talk to.
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Routers3 min Middleware3 min Controllers4 min
Sending email3 min Error handling2 min Testing5 min
CheckpointBuild a stock price API
Stage 04Data
Storing things, and finding them fast.
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How a query runs8 min Indexes9 min Joins6 min
SQL vs NoSQL16 min Redis11 min MongoDB10 min
Stage 05AI in your product
A model behind a feature, done properly.
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How an LLM works9 min Prompting7 min Structured output8 min
RAG from scratch9 min Frameworks compared7 min Latency and cost9 min
Stage 06Grow past it
Where full stack turns into senior.
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Object oriented programming6 min SOLID principles5 min
Scaling from one server18 min Caching patterns15 min
CheckpointDesign a URL shortener

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