Track 04 • Backend & DevOps 2026

Node.js, Backend & DevOps Mastery

Complete server-side architecture and production delivery: from Node.js 24 LTS runtime (libuv Event Loop, V8 heap memory, Backpressure streams, HTTP/2 Fastify, WebSockets, gRPC, BullMQ queues) to multi-stage Docker standalone, AWS/Cloudflare Edge, GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines, and Zero-Downtime observability.

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Backend & DevOps Ecosystem Toolkit

Production workflows, knowledge check quizzes, SM-2 flashcards, and outage simulators

4 Workflows
Node.js Workflows
API, Redis & WebSockets
Quizzes
Backend Quizzes
Architecture & Docker
SM-2
Node.js Flashcards
Event Loop & libuv
Lab
Outage Simulator
Incidents & Outages
Backend
AI Tech Interview
Backend & DevOps
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Part 1: Node.js 24 & Backend Architecture

5 core architectural modules covering event-driven concurrency, streaming, microservices, and databases.

5 modules • 21 lessons
Module 01
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Node.js 24 Quickstart (Zero)

Introduction to Node.js 24: V8 engine, browser differences, ESM modules, node:fs, HTTP servers, and debugging

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Module 02
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Node.js 24 Architecture & Event Loop

Node.js 24 LTS, native node:sqlite, TS stripping, libuv Event Loop, Worker Threads, V8 memory heap

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Module 03
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Streams & Buffer Management

Readable, Writable, Transform streams, pipeline(), backpressure handling, TypedArrays and Buffers

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Module 04
0/4 lessons

Networking, Microservices & Security

HTTP/2, HTTP/3, WebSockets, gRPC, JWT authentication, mTLS, Rate Limiting, OWASP Top 10 defense

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Module 05
0/4 lessons

Databases, Background Jobs & Queues

Connection pooling, PostgreSQL query tuning, Prisma, Redis BullMQ queues, Kafka, transactions

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Part 2: Deployments, Docker & CI/CD

5 production engineering modules covering containerization, edge infrastructure, automated pipelines, and observability.

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Module 06
0/5 lessons

Linux & Docker Quickstart (Zero)

Infrastructure essentials for developers: Linux processes, ports, DNS, reverse proxies, containerization vs VMs, first Dockerfile and Compose

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Module 07
0/4 lessons

Docker, Multi-Stage & Standalone Next.js

Standalone build output, multi-stage Dockerfile, distroless images, Docker Compose, healthchecks

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Module 08
0/4 lessons

Cloud Platforms, Edge & Serverless

Vercel enterprise architecture, OpenNext on AWS Lambda/S3, Cloudflare Workers, Coolify and Kamal

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Module 09
0/4 lessons

CI/CD Automation & GitHub Actions

High-performance CI, preview deployments, quality gates matrices, semantic release

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Module 10
0/4 lessons

Zero-Downtime, OpenTelemetry & Monitoring

Blue-green & canary deployments, OpenTelemetry distributed tracing, Sentry & Prometheus, automated rollbacks

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