Lots of exciting updates this week. I have a new backend engineering course available, new videos on YouTube, and information about upcoming updates and releases!
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The latest releases on YouTube have been all about understanding API pagination in detail.
Pagination Concepts Explained
This is a great way to reduce load on the database server and increase response times to clients.
Here are two videos showing implementation examples in Python (with FastAPI, but the concepts work with other languages and frameworks as well). There are two major approaches to pagination, offset based and cursor based. We look at both.
Watching these you'll find that cursor is often the ideal approach, but it has a few limitations that may make it a harder choice for certain scenarios.
Life Updates
Last week I mentioned that I shifted my full focus to YouTube and courses, and with that I've been extremely busy with content prep and recording. Also Erin has been working overtime on editing to prepare the lessons for release.
We've been so focused that I've neglected some things around the house. As a result, I've been going through everything. My routines, items, goals, etc. Trying to build a much cleaner life and upgrade my person.
I expect so much of myself, and this is never going to change, but what will change is my approach and efficiency. I'm learning to get more out of life while also improving quality of life. Let's go!
Course Updates - Finished BACKEND engineering Master course
In my earlier newsletters I've mentioned I've been working towards a data structures and algorithms course, but that's not what I'm announcing right now.
I've added to my site an in-depth backend engineering course with ~30 hours of training material covering multiple projects. This is not an early access course but rather all the material is complete and accessible instantly.
This is a course I've had students go through who absolutely love the material. They say it is one of the most in depth, most helpful, practical courses to build up their skills in backend engineering. It's just something that I haven't shared publicly on my website, until now.
I'm very confident this course will be great for you. So much so that I encourage you to try it out and if you're not happy just let me know within 14 days and I'll give you a full refund. I'd say this is pretty unlikely once you see how much I poured in to this course. It took me multiple months of effort to plan and produce.
We have some special bonuses that last only this week. See the details on the page linked below:
Checkout Backend Software Engineering
Another Piece in the Puzzle is Complete
This new backend course completes the "backend" piece of my course roadmap. Now, all I have left is DSA/system design interview prep topics.
I'm thinking about bringing my end of year software mastery launch up early for the first cohort:
If you want to get a head start on that, anyone who joins the new backend course THIS WEEK who then later join the software engineering mastery launch will be rewarded (I'll make sure you're getting your money's worth and more).
What's Next?
I have some YouTube content in the pipeline, coming soon. And it's time for me to start conquering the rest of the roadmap.
If you've started any of the courses, let me know what has been the most helpful. Reply to this email!