Hands On Kafka Course
What you'll build
StreamSocial
a real-world social platform processing millions of events per second, built across four phases: Foundations, Scale, Reliability, Production
The curriculum
5 core areas coveredWhat you'll walk away with
What you're signing up for
What makes it different
No theory-heavy lectures — every lesson ships a working piece of StreamSocial, not a toy example.
Format
Daily hands-on coding exercises with production-grade implementations across four phases: Foundations (Days 1-15), Scale (16-30), Reliability (31-45), Production (46-60).
Who it's for
Backend engineers who've hit a wall with request-response architecture and need to actually operate Kafka in production — not just pass a system-design interview question about it.
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