Program · Foundation
Git & GitHub Foundations
A free, original Rodstark Academy course for building practical capability in Git & GitHub Foundations.
Builds
- Software Engineering
- short
- Git
- GitHub
8 hours
Preparing the academy
Build capability that compounds.
Structured learning for the people designing, shipping, and leading modern technology.
- Foundation
- Applied skill — current stage
- Associate
- Expert
Interactive lesson preview
Applied skill · 3 of 5
Designing APIs that scale
Model resources, choose the right patterns, and implement a resilient contract.
45 min · Hands-on
- 01Resource modeling
- 02Versioning strategies
- 03Idempotency & safety
- 04Pagination patterns
- 05Error handling
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- short
- Linux
- shell
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A free, original Rodstark Academy course for building practical capability in AI Literacy & Responsible Use.
Builds
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- short
- AI literacy
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Scripted workspace preview
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Review an illustrative code sample, terminal transcript, and test result.
- ✓ Scripted terminal transcript
- ✓ Fixture task steps
- ✓ Illustrative feedback states
api.py · Code sample
from fastapi import FastAPI
app = FastAPI()
@app.get('/capabilities')
def list_capabilities():
return {'status': 'ready'}Scripted terminal
$ academy run api
INFO: service ready
INFO: application startup complete
Illustrative tests
✓ 5 / 5 scripted checks passed
Structured paths.
Measurable growth.
Progress from foundations to expertise with clear milestones and evidence at every stage.
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Foundation
Understand core concepts.
4 courses
- 02
Applied skill
Current stage
Apply knowledge to real problems.
6 courses
- 03
Associate
Solve complex challenges.
4 courses
- 04
Expert
Lead, design, and innovate.
2 capstones
For teams and enterprises.
Illustrative role alignment and skills coverage for a synthetic organization.
Explore course fixtures →| Skills coverage | Engineering | Data | Security | Product | Operations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloud & Infrastructure | Covered | Covered | — | — | Covered |
| Software Engineering | Covered | — | — | Covered | — |
| Data & AI | — | Covered | — | Covered | — |
| Cybersecurity | — | — | Covered | — | Covered |
| Leadership & Strategy | — | — | — | Covered | Covered |
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