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DAY 10 of 12

Beyond, rapid-fire

The next rungs — one concept each, so you know what's next

You can do… by end of day
  • Explain CDN / edge caching and set basic cache headers.
  • Describe k8s as “declare a desired state, let it stay true.”
  • Sketch a CI/CD pipeline that builds, tests and deploys on every push.
  • Use object storage (S3/MinIO) for files and explain message queues for decoupling.
Deliverable

A working mental model of the next five rungs + one real config (pipeline or deployment) you can read.

Big-picture hook

You don't need all of this today — but you know exactly what's next. Tomorrow we pick the shape of your capstone.

Concepts what you'll understand
  • CDN / edge: cache your content close to every user; cache-control headers that make it work.
  • Kubernetes: the orchestrator — you declare the desired state, it keeps it true (pods, deployments).
  • CI/CD: build → test → deploy on every push; the automated pipeline.
  • Object storage: files as objects in a bucket (S3/MinIO) for uploads, media, backups.
  • Message queues: the rubber coupling — jobs, retries and traffic spikes, decoupled from the request.
The lab hands-on, ends with something live
  1. Cache headers: add the right Cache-Control/ETag headers to a static asset and verify the cache.
  2. Deployment YAML: write a minimal k8s deployment for your app.
  3. Pipeline: write a CI config that builds, tests and deploys on push.
  4. Bucket + queue: lay out a bucket for uploads, and sketch a producer/consumer for a background job.
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