Kotlin Master Class: Learning Through Bank Server Project Practice

The limitations of LLMs? I’ll share practical solutions to real-world problems based on RAG trial and error and operational know-how from working in Silicon Valley.

You know about AI agent frameworks, but understanding how they work and applying them in practice can be difficult, right? Drawing on firsthand experience from Silicon Valley, we’ll guide you from the core principles to practical applications.

It was created to solve the "overwhelming problem of not knowing where or how to start with Kubernetes." Based on hands-on experience operating financial infrastructure, it is designed to help you understand the actual build and operation flow rather than just simple theory. Through a learning process that covers the relationship with Docker, YAML, Pods, Deployments, and Services, learners will master Kubernetes not just as a "concept," but as a "usable skill."

Learn the process of building data pipelines using Apache Airflow, from the basics to practical application. Understand the core concepts and architecture of Airflow, and master advanced design patterns frequently used in the field—such as dynamic DAGs, parallel processing, distributed processing, and custom operators—through hands-on practice. Configure a practice environment using Python and Docker to develop the practical skills needed to design and operate real-world workflows.

This course goes beyond simple CRUD-level database usage to help you acquire PostgreSQL skills necessary for the AI era from a practical perspective. Based on AI development experience in Silicon Valley, you will learn step-by-step how to design and utilize JSON, indexes, transactions, and even pgvector in real-world services, while mastering methods to solve complex data structures and performance issues.

Learn the SAGA transaction management technique for maintaining data consistency in distributed environments through a hands-on approach. You will configure three microservices using Spring Boot and Docker, and implement both Orchestration and Choreography patterns using Kafka and MySQL. Through this course, you will master core concepts applicable to real-world scenarios, including the operational principles of distributed transactions, designing compensating transactions, and handling fault recovery.

This course is for developers who want to find fundamental solutions in environments where response times slow down as traffic increases, thread pools are quickly exhausted, and bottlenecks worsen with more external API calls. It helps you look at problems from the perspective of changing the architecture itself, rather than simply scaling out servers. Through this course, you will first understand the limitations of the traditional Spring MVC "Thread per Request" model. You will examine at the code level why throughput doesn't increase even when CPU resources are available, and exactly how blocking I/O occupies system resources. Next, you will learn the concepts and standard specifications of Reactive Streams and master how to handle data streams using Reactor's Mono and Flux. Beyond simple usage, you will learn through hands-on practice how data flows start, how they are consumed, and how throughput is controlled. In particular, you will directly implement design patterns that prevent OOM (Out of Memory) or overloads using Back Pressure. Additionally, you will understand the event loop-based processing structure of Spring WebFlux and conduct comparative exercises on how Non-Blocking I/O operates during actual request processing. By placing MVC and WebFlux side-by-side to verify their structural differences, you will also establish criteria for when to choose Reactive. This goes beyond simply "learning asynchrony." You will learn how to handle more requests with fewer threads, how to maintain a stable flow in environments with high external API dependencies, and develop the design intuition to secure throughput in high-concurrency environments.

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.

This course breaks down microservice architecture and distributed environments not as a mere list of technologies, but through the "design perspective" required in actual practice and interviews. Starting from the differences between Monolithic and MSA, it covers gradual migration strategies, Modular Monoliths, Clean Architecture, and Hexagonal Architecture step-by-step, clearly explaining why each choice is necessary and the resulting trade-offs. Furthermore, through hands-on practice, you can directly verify the intent of the structures and learn about core issues inevitably encountered in distributed environments—such as data consistency, transactions, inter-service communication, and fault tolerance—through realistic scenarios. Based on the actual questions and perspectives of a Kakao interviewer, this course aims to go beyond simple knowledge acquisition and elevate your very way of thinking about distributed systems to the next level.

Build a scalable real-time event streaming order processing system using Spring Boot 3.x + Kotlin, establishing a Kafka cluster, and leveraging PostgreSQL CDC, Debezium Connect, and Apache Avro schemas.

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.

This is a Redis course created with a current Kakao interviewer. It covers everything from data structure practice (String to Sorted Set) to Sentinel and Cluster configurations, helping you build design rationales that work in both interviews and real-world practice.

This course goes beyond simply teaching you how to use Docker as a tool; it approaches the subject from the perspective of solving the real-world dilemmas and problems encountered in professional practice. From unpredictable errors caused by differences between development and production environments, to configuration mistakes stemming from vague concepts of images and containers, and even the anxiety of "how much do I need to know to survive in the field"—this course explains it all based on firsthand experience operating financial infrastructure. Rather than just listing commands, it focuses on real-world cases: why certain structures are necessary, how to design images for easy maintenance, and how to handle containers for stable service operation. In particular, by prioritizing hands-on practice over theory, the course is designed to elevate students from simply "knowing how to use" Docker to "understanding it from an operational perspective" through visual comprehension and direct experience. This course provides practical standards and direction for those new to Docker, those who have used it but lack a clear conceptual grasp, and developers looking to take their infrastructure intuition to the next level.

Systematically learn the distributed NoSQL database Cassandra, from basic concepts to practical application. Develop high-volume data processing capabilities through practice-oriented theory and hands-on exercises, including data modeling, query optimization, and cluster configuration. Even without prior database experience, you can grow into a Cassandra expert based on the know-how of a current Silicon Valley developer.

When you find yourself constantly updating Swagger documentation, aligning API specs, and repeatedly communicating with the frontend, you start to wonder, "Why am I doing the same thing twice?" I also felt similar frustrations in my professional experience, which led me to use GraphQL extensively and develop an interest in data-centric design. This course goes beyond simple GraphQL syntax; it explores the real-world problems it was created to solve, along with practical considerations like Resolver structures, the N+1 problem, and Federation. I've structured this course to help you naturally learn how to reduce communication costs between developers and design more flexible API structures.

The biggest challenges in operating batch systems that process millions of records are performance degradation and the difficulty of recovery in the event of a failure. These issues cannot be solved with simple loops or poor design. Based on my experience of reliably processing large-scale data in real-world service environments, this course covers the structure and operating principles of Spring Batch and provides design methods to achieve both performance and stability. Moving beyond simple functional descriptions, this course will help you develop fundamental data processing problem-solving skills through batch architectures that can be applied immediately in practice.

This course focuses on solving the problem of getting stuck in interviews and practical work due to a lack of understanding of why certain structures and configurations are necessary, rather than just teaching how to configure NGINX. Based on experience evaluating numerous candidates as an interviewer for companies like Naver, Kakao, and Toss, I explain how to describe and utilize NGINX from the perspectives of performance, scalability, and operations through hands-on practice. The core of this course is to help you develop a mindset capable of tracing traffic flow and troubleshooting problems, rather than just memorizing configuration values.

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.

At some point in backend development, you start to have these concerns. It's that moment when services expand and traffic increases, and you begin to feel the limitations of simple REST communication and CRUD structures. I experienced these same issues in the field and went through much trial and error balancing performance and structural complexity. The solution I chose during that process was NATS. Its simple configuration based on a single binary, ultra-low latency performance in microseconds, and the fact that it provides essential features—from Pub/Sub to Queue Groups and JetStream—without being overkill made it a very practical choice for real-world service environments. This course is not just a list of NATS features. Based on the problems I faced in practice, I explain through code and workflows why I chose NATS in certain situations and how I designed the architecture. This course is designed to help everyone—from those new to messaging systems to backend developers preparing for employment and senior developers considering better architectures—understand distributed systems and grow to the next level.

This course covers RPC communication techniques to maximize performance in large-scale MSA (Microservice Architecture) environments. Beyond simple gRPC practice, you will learn how to implement stable and efficient inter-service communication in real-world production environments where hundreds of microservices operate simultaneously. Based on Golang, the curriculum focuses on practical applications, including writing Protocol Buffers (proto) syntax, automated code generation and service implementation, the structure of gRPC and its advantages over traditional RPC, and performance optimization strategies. Designed to be easily understood even by non-majors or entry-level server developers, the course explains everything from the basic concepts of RPC to the internal workings of gRPC step-by-step, helping you build practical skills that can be applied immediately to real services.

Let's build a project using Ktor, the most popular project in Kotlin, and master Kotlin! 😆

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.

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.

Solve the challenges you inevitably face in real-world design—such as common codes, category hierarchies, history tracking, soft deletes, statistics, dynamic design, and JSON utilization—with 9 core patterns. This is not just simple theory; it contains practical know-how and selection criteria for various scenarios, proven across numerous projects. Now, become a true design expert who can confidently handle any requirement that comes your way.

This course is structured to provide systematic learning, from basic database concepts to practical SQL applications, based on the Oracle Database 11g environment. Through step-by-step hands-on practice, you will master core content essential for database practice, including SELECT statements for data retrieval, DML for data manipulation, DDL for data definition, and user privilege management. Furthermore, this course goes beyond simple video lectures by providing an LLM-based AI Tutor, designed to allow learners to study by asking questions and receiving answers on their own. By utilizing the AI Tutor, the following types of learning are possible: - SQL syntax explanations and example generation - Analysis and correction of SQL error causes - Automatic generation of practice problems - Q&A on database concepts - Customized review based on learning progress - Generation of expected questions for certifications and job interviews Therefore, this course is suitable not only for beginners new to databases but also for professionals and job seekers looking to strengthen their practical SQL skills.

Kotlin Programming Language, which you can learn by practicing with 76 examples. You have to develop in Kotlin starting tomorrow, but you don't have time to study the grammar? Let's quickly learn all the grammar of Kotlin with the examples provided in this lecture.

This course goes beyond simple CRUD-level database usage to help you acquire PostgreSQL skills necessary for the AI era from a practical perspective. Based on AI development experience in Silicon Valley, you will learn step-by-step how to design and utilize JSON, indexes, transactions, and even pgvector in real-world services, while mastering methods to solve complex data structures and performance issues.

Building your own emotional diary service with Spring AI + React It's time for our 4th project with Neo + Essential!

Through this lecture, I hope to understand the core of the Kotlin language and avoid the mistake of being blocked by the language when developing Android apps.

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.

Inflearn cumulative students over 30,000, Datarian's SQL basics course with rich online/offline teaching experience. Learn SQL basic theory and solve 10 SQL problems together.

This is a Kotlin coroutine lecture by the author of "The Definitive Guide to Kotlin Coroutines." This lecture covers everything from the basics to the core of coroutines. It provides various visual materials and clear explanations to help anyone easily understand asynchronous programming using coroutines.

This course will teach you how to use authentication, database, storage, and FCM provided by Google Firebase. In particular, FCM is a core service of Firebase used by most apps for server push.

This course is designed to help you learn the use of ksqlDB and its core mechanisms through various hands-on exercises. After completing the course, you will be able to easily and quickly build a real-time streaming data analysis system based on Kafka.

Learn Springboot + Android(Compose) RestAPI Board Creation Faster Than Anyone Develop a CRUD server with Springboot and create your own board with Android!!

You will be able to learn about popular programming techniques and features, not just Kotlin grammar. It is also good to learn the concept of Android TDD through MVP.

Learn Springboot + NextJS RestAPI Board Creation Faster Than Anyone! Develop a CRUD server with Springboot and create your own board with NextJS!

Learn Springboot + Flutter RestAPI Board Creation Faster Than Anyone Develop a CRUD server with Springboot and create your own board with Flutter!!

In this lecture, we will actually implement the core module of the blockchain indirectly through code. Through this process, you can learn in detail what the blockchain is and how it works. Actually, as someone who studies blockchain and works on blockchain-related tasks, most lectures focus on theoretical content or on using some functions called smart contracts. I wanted to make a difference from these lectures, so I prepared it so that you can indirectly create the core module by following my lectures one by one.

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.