[Hands-on] Using Redis Effectively Based on Experience at a Large Corporation

You may have felt frustrated using Redis without being able to explain why it should be designed that way or why certain patterns emerged. Through my experience in both practical development and as an interviewer, I have treated Redis not just as a simple cache, but as a core component that determines service stability and scalability. This course is not about memorizing commands; instead, I will share my experiences on which structures to choose in real traffic environments and their trade-offs, helping you establish the criteria to explain these concepts confidently in both interviews and practical work.

This course was created to solve a common problem many people face while preparing for developer jobs: "I studied CS and data structures, but I get tongue-tied during interviews." While conducting actual interviews at companies like Naver, Kakao, and Toss, I noticed that most candidates have memorized concepts but cannot explain why those concepts are necessary or how they are applied in real-world situations. Rather than simple rote memorization, this course teaches you how to understand the interviewer's intent and provide more persuasive answers to the same questions. Whether it's the OSI 7 layers, data structures, or coding tests, we focus on why you need to know them, when they are used, and how to speak about them to receive a positive evaluation in an interview. This course is for those who want to become developers who can explain what they understand in their own words, rather than just giving the same answers as everyone else.

Learn SAGA transaction management techniques for maintaining data consistency in distributed environments through hands-on practice. Build 3 microservices using Spring Boot and Docker, and implement both Orchestration and Choreography patterns with Kafka and MySQL. Through this course, you can master core concepts that are immediately applicable in real-world scenarios, including distributed transaction operation principles, compensating transaction design, and failure recovery handling.

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Learn how to design and process large-scale data architecture that handles hundreds of billions of data records using only pure SQL and MySQL's core features, together with a Toss developer who handles hundreds of billions of financial traffic transactions and a developer who started as a non-major and is now developing platforms in Pangyo.

This course covers how to set up multi-module projects from scratch using Kotlin and Spring Boot. It proceeds with a hands-on approach, covering everything from the basic concepts of modularization to Gradle configuration, managing dependencies between modules, and actual application development. If you are a beginner or intermediate developer looking to learn the fundamentals and practical application of multi-modules, please refer to this course.

Develop a scalable real-time WebSocket chat server capable of handling high traffic by building a 3-instance cluster with Spring Boot 3.x and Kotlin, utilizing Redis Pub/Sub for distributed messaging and Nginx as a load balancer.

I'll show you how to use Redis effectively, along with its precautions and best practices, using real-world examples from actual work environments and well-known case histories.

When you're doing backend development, at some point you face this dilemma. As services grow and traffic increases, there comes a moment when simple REST communication and CRUD structures feel limiting. I experienced the same problem in real-world work and went through many trials and errors between performance and structural complexity. The solution I chose in that process was NATS. Its simple configuration based on a single binary, ultra-low latency performance in microseconds, and the fact that it provides just the right amount of essential features for real work—from Pub/Sub to Queue Groups and JetStream—made it a very practical choice in actual service environments. This course is not about listing NATS features. Based on the problems I faced in real work, I explain with code and flow diagrams which situations led me to choose NATS, why, and how I designed the architecture. This is a course designed to help everyone—from those new to messaging systems, to backend developers preparing for jobs, to senior developers contemplating better architectures—understand distributed systems and grow to the next level.

Most developers are still stuck on Batch and CronJobs when it comes to data processing. However, in real-world production environments, data is generated continuously, and failing to process that flow immediately leads to latency, bottlenecks, and consistency issues. Having personally dealt with real-time recommendations, state synchronization, and event delay problems in high-traffic environments, I’ve often asked myself, "Is batch processing really the right approach for this?" This course begins with that very question. It explores how to use Apache Flink to perform computations the moment data flows, manage state securely, and produce accurate results based on Event Time—all from a practical perspective. Beyond simple theoretical explanations, you will experience how real-time stream processing systems are designed and operated through actual source code and architectures. For those who found real-time processing vague or were curious about the world beyond messaging, this course will provide a clear sense of direction.

Learn the process of building data pipelines using Apache Airflow from basics to practical application. Understand Airflow's core concepts and architecture, and master advanced design patterns frequently used in practice such as dynamic DAGs, parallel processing, distributed processing, and Custom Operators through hands-on exercises. Set up a practice environment with Python and Docker, and develop practical skills to design and operate real workflows.

This course covers RPC communication techniques that maximize performance in large-scale MSA (Microservice Architecture) environments. Going beyond simple gRPC practice, you'll learn how to implement stable and efficient inter-service communication in real production environments where hundreds of microservices operate simultaneously. Based on Golang, the course covers Protocol Buffers (proto) syntax writing, automatic code generation and service implementation, gRPC structure and advantages over existing RPC, and performance optimization strategies with a practical focus. To ensure easy understanding for non-majors and server development beginners, the course provides step-by-step explanations from RPC concepts to gRPC's internal operating principles, enabling you to develop practical skills that can be immediately applied to real services.

This course is a master class that systematically covers the fundamental principles and practical applications of MongoDB. Starting with core MongoDB concepts, you will systematically learn essential topics for practical work, such as database design, CRUD operations, indexing, aggregation pipelines, performance optimization, transactions, and security. It explains topics step-by-step so even beginners can understand, and you can deeply learn the working principles of MongoDB through exercises and examples. This is the best introductory and practical course for developers who want to build strong MongoDB skills for practical work.

This course explores microservice architecture and distributed environments not as a simple list of technologies, but from a 'design perspective' required in actual work and interviews. Starting from the differences between monolithic and MSA, it progressively covers incremental migration strategies, modular monoliths, clean architecture and hexagonal architecture, clearly explaining why each choice is necessary and the trade-offs involved. Through hands-on practice, you can directly verify the intent of the structure and learn about core issues inevitably encountered in distributed environments—such as data consistency, transactions, inter-service communication, and failure handling—through realistic scenarios. Based on actual questions and perspectives from Kakao interviewers, this course aims to go beyond simple knowledge acquisition and elevate your way of thinking about distributed systems to the next level.

You can learn how to send emails using AWS and Spring. Through this, you can study how to create an email verification system.

This course provides a step-by-step learning path, ranging from the fundamental usage of MySQL to advanced techniques required in real-world production environments. It covers a wide range of topics, including data modeling techniques based on various case studies and practical data, evaluating the effectiveness of Foreign Key designs, analyzing Google Calendar schema DDL, and modern DDL design principles. Through this course, you will gain an in-depth understanding of how to utilize MySQL as a core system component rather than just a simple database.

Learn the process of building essential Observability in a Microservices Architecture (MSA) environment from basics to practical application. Master standardized data collection using OpenTelemetry, trace storage and search through Grafana Tempo, and visualization using TraceQL through step-by-step hands-on practice. You can learn how to track service flows through distributed tracing, identify bottlenecks, and analyze the root causes of failures.

How do you handle exploding traffic? Learn how to build resilient and flexibly scalable architectures through practical design patterns based on EDA (Event-Driven Architecture) using Kafka, Spring, CDC, and Temporal. Explained clearly and simply with real-world experience from a Kakao developer, making it accessible even for non-majors. A hands-on, practical course covering real-time data flow, event processing, and microservice integration all at once!

Develop a scalable order processing system with real-time event streaming capabilities using Spring Boot 3.x + Kotlin to build a Kafka cluster, leveraging PostgreSQL CDC, Debezium Connect, and Apache Avro schema.

This course is a master class that teaches Kotlin's 🌺 Coroutine, covering everything from theoretical foundations to practical application in a standard manner. It systematically covers core principles and structure, the necessity of asynchronous programming, Coroutine builders and scopes, exception handling, channels, Flow, and other key features frequently used in practice, step by step. Each concept is explained with hands-on examples, making it easy for beginners to understand and immediately apply them. This is the best introductory and practical course for developers who want to build strong Coroutine skills for real-world use.

I'll show you how to use Redis effectively, along with its precautions and best practices, using real-world examples from actual work environments and well-known case histories.

"I have a backend technical interview in a week, what should I start with?" The secret to answers that make interviewers nod Master the actual answer patterns of Naver, Kakao, Coupang, and Toss successful candidates in just 3 days!

This is a Redis course that you can learn and use right away!

I have created a 'Redis Intermediate/Practical' course that is easy for non-majors to understand and can be applied immediately in real-world situations!

This is a lecture using the only domestic e-government framework and Layered Architecture, which are widely used in practice but not available in Korea. In this lecture, we will learn how to build the backend and server side of web development using the Spring Framework and the e-government standard framework.

A special Spring Boot meetup with Java Champion and Spring Developer Advocate Josh Long!

I have created a course called 'Introduction to Redis & Practical Application (Query Performance Optimization)' that is easy for non-majors to understand and can be applied immediately in practice!

You may have felt frustrated using Redis without being able to explain why it should be designed that way or why certain patterns emerged. Through my experience in both practical development and as an interviewer, I have treated Redis not just as a simple cache, but as a core component that determines service stability and scalability. This course is not about memorizing commands; instead, I will share my experiences on which structures to choose in real traffic environments and their trade-offs, helping you establish the criteria to explain these concepts confidently in both interviews and practical work.

Have you ever wondered "how" the many Java libraries and frameworks you use provide this functionality? In this course, learn how to manipulate various codes or objects provided by Java and take your Java skills to the next level.

Learn SAGA transaction management techniques for maintaining data consistency in distributed environments through hands-on practice. Build 3 microservices using Spring Boot and Docker, and implement both Orchestration and Choreography patterns with Kafka and MySQL. Through this course, you can master core concepts that are immediately applicable in real-world scenarios, including distributed transaction operation principles, compensating transaction design, and failure recovery handling.

This course is a practical program where you will master Kotlin-based AI agent development by building your own coding agents. Using Koog, an AI framework built with Kotlin, you will learn step-by-step how to implement coding agents similar to Claude Code, Cursor, and Junie. Koog is more than just a simple server-side framework; it integrates seamlessly with Spring and offers the scalability to connect with various environments—including Android, iOS, Desktop, and Web—through Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP). By building intelligent agents that can read, analyze, modify, and generate code, you will gain hands-on experience in AI agent architecture, strategy, context handling, and tool integration.

Are you lost while learning web development? I'll help you find your own way. Even if you're not from a computer science background, you can understand how web service architecture works through a short 1-hour lecture.

IntelliJ IDEA Conf 2025 is an annual online conference hosted by JetBrains that provides valuable sessions for Java and Kotlin developers. It covers various topics including AI adoption, Spring Boot, Gradle, Kafka, database management, and also shares insights on cloud integration, secure coding, developer performance improvement, and advanced development techniques. This conference is open to both professional and beginner developers, offering opportunities to explore the latest technologies along with productivity tips for writing high-quality code faster.