Advanced Software Craftsmanship Training Program

Master the deep thinking patterns that separate good developers from great ones—the fundamentals AI cannot automate.

Winter 2025 Founding Cohort

Weekly Office Hours

Limited to 30 Students

Winter 2025 Founding Cohort Benefits

Weekly Office Hours

Live group sessions with instructors via Zoom every week to discuss concepts, get feedback, and solve challenges together.

Slack Community

Private Slack workspace for cohort members with dedicated channels for discussions and Q&A with instructors.

Limited to 30 Students

Small cohort size ensures personalized attention, meaningful interactions, and a tight-knit learning community.

🎯 These exclusive benefits are only available for the Winter 2025 Founding Cohort

Why These Skills Are AI-Proof

AI excels at generating code. But it cannot navigate ambiguous requirements, understand why legacy systems evolved, predict emergent system behavior, or define architectural constraints.

This program teaches exactly those fundamentals—system thinking, complexity navigation, and adaptive design—that remain irreplaceable.

Learn more about AI-proof engineering

Complete Course Curriculum

UNIT 1

DISCOVER Framework - Navigate unfamiliar systems 70% faster

"Every codebase tells a story. Learn to read between the lines."

Ever opened a codebase and felt overwhelmed? This unit transforms you into a code detective who can quickly understand any system, no matter how complex or unfamiliar. Master the art of systematic system comprehension and navigation.

4 Core Techniques

To Master

3 Weeks

Duration

3 Real-World Case Studies

Projects

What You'll Master:

Understand system architecture without reading implementation details
Build mental models that capture how systems actually work
Document your understanding in a way that guides future work
Restructure complex code systematically without breaking functionality

🎯 Your Superpower After This Module:

Walk into any codebase with confidence, quickly grasp its architecture, and improve it systematically without breaking everything.

UNIT 2

TRACK Framework — Prevent complexity before it kills productivity

"Complexity is inevitable. Confusion is optional."

Complexity kills projects faster than bad requirements. This unit teaches you a comprehensive toolkit for writing maintainable, evolvable software that spots complexity early, communicates it clearly, and designs it away through better modeling and clean code principles.

8 Fundamental Concepts

To Master

5 Weeks

Duration

4 Refactoring Challenges

Projects

What You'll Master:

Spot complexity patterns before they become critical problems
Design systems that prevent misuse by construction
Make invalid states impossible to represent in your code
Build interfaces that guide users toward correct usage

🎯 Your Superpower After This Module:

See through complexity, design it away, and build systems that are impossible to misuse—defining constraints and invariants AI needs but cannot determine on its own.

UNIT 3

ADAPT Framework — Design systems that evolve, don't break

"The best code is written for problems you haven't thought of yet."

Requirements change. Needs evolve. This unit shows you how to build systems that bend without breaking, extending gracefully as your understanding deepens. Learn future-proof architecture principles through advanced design patterns and flexible system construction.

7 Advanced Patterns

To Master

5 Weeks

Duration

5 Design Challenges

Projects

What You'll Master:

Balance domain modeling with feature delivery speed
Extract reusable patterns that work across different projects
Design flexible interfaces that adapt through configuration
Build evolution paths into your architecture from day one

🎯 Your Superpower After This Module:

Build systems that anticipate change, welcome new requirements, and remain elegant as they grow through advanced architectural patterns—the strategic design work AI cannot do for you.

What Engineers Are Saying

"I used to spend days trying to understand new codebases. Now I can map out the architecture in hours. The DISCOVER framework completely changed how I approach unfamiliar code."

Senior Software Engineer

Tech Startup

"The TRACK module taught me to spot complexity patterns I'd been creating for years without realizing it. My code reviews are now 10x more valuable to my team."

Staff Engineer

Enterprise SaaS

"Finally, someone teaching the 'why' behind design patterns, not just the 'what'. The ADAPT framework helped me design systems that actually evolve with requirements instead of breaking."

Tech Lead

Fintech Company

Ready to Future-Proof Your Engineering Career?

Join the Winter 2025 Founding Cohort and master the fundamentals that remain valuable as AI transforms how code is written.