Mindset, environment, Git discipline, clean code.
Elite Full-Stack Engineering — 2026 Edition
A battle-tested curriculum covering Java 22, Spring Boot 3.3, React 19, Kafka 4.x, Linux, microservices, DevOps, AI integration and leadership.
Structure
How the curriculum is organised.
Foundations, then professional projects, then enterprise architecture, then leadership and delivery.
Java 22, Spring Boot 3.3, Postgres.
React 19 and TypeScript, API integration, testing.
Kafka event-driven architecture, Linux, Docker/K8s, observability.
Daily learning log
Day by day.
Daily pages are paused for now. The curriculum modules above are the current reading order; new daily pages will be listed here when they resume.
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Day 01
Linux Commands & Tools
Linux CLI Mastery for Senior Engineers
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Day 02
Prompt Engineering Playbook
Prompt Engineering Playbook for Senior Software Engineers.
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Day 03
Quantum Entanglement and Quantum Computing
A simple, practical guide to understand entanglement, real use cases, and how quantum computing can support career growth.
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Day 04
Hexagonal Architecture (Ports & Adapters)
A practical, modern guide to understanding Hexagonal Architecture deeply, applying it with current Java and Spring.
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Day 05
Virtual threads in Java 21
Virtual threads in Java 21 — complete practical guide
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Day 06
Bash Shell
Bash Shell Scripting Guide
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Day 07
Performance Problems
How to Solve Critical Performance Problems
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Day 08
Java Modernization
Modernizing the Java Journey: A Comprehensive Study Guide
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Day 09
Java Design Patterns for Real Projects
Simple and practical playbook to choose the right design pattern for business use cases.
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Day 10
Java, release by release: 8 to 27
Twenty releases, the features that mattered, and a runnable example for each.
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Day 11
The Spring ecosystem and Spring AI
Spring Boot 1.0 to 4.x, then what Spring AI 2.0 can do today, with code.
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Day 12
MCP end to end
The protocol, the transports, the 2026 revision, security, and a verified Java, Spring and Python server.
Daily notes: 2026 notes index
Capstone projects and real-world scenarios
Every module carries a hands-on project: multi-tenant APIs, event-driven order processing, live dashboards, and a final enterprise system on Kubernetes with observability.
Mentorship and leadership track
Communication under pressure, debugging discipline, documentation, stakeholder alignment and architecture review — becoming the engineer others rely on.
About
Janaka Academy.
The intent
Empowering engineers to surpass technical mastery with spiritual depth and ethical integrity — built for clarity, discipline and real-world impact.
Contact & version
- janaka2@gmail.com
- janaka.me
- Curriculum updated November 2025 Java 22 · Spring Boot 3.3 · React 19 · Kafka 4.x