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Busy Developer
Just-in-time learning for immediate problems - get answers fast and get back to work
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What You'll Accomplish
- Solve immediate blocking problem
- Learn just enough to unblock current work
- Bookmark deeper content for later learning
- Build knowledge incrementally as needs arise
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Problem Solved
Immediate blocker resolved
Common Scenarios
How do I secure API endpoints?
Secure Coding Practices
10 min Quick overview of API security basics
Access Control
12 min Authentication and authorization patterns
Bookmark for later: security-testing (mid-depth), api-design (mid-depth)
Deployment keeps failing
Deployment Strategy
12 min Common deployment patterns and rollback strategies
Infrastructure As Code
10 min Make deployments repeatable
Bookmark for later: cicd-pipeline-security (mid-depth), monitoring-logging (surface)
Getting security warnings from scanner
Security Testing
10 min Understand what scanners are telling you
Supply Chain Security
10 min If warnings are about dependencies
Secure Coding Practices
10 min If warnings are about code vulnerabilities
Bookmark for later: threat-modeling (surface), security-hardening track
Database is slow
Database Design
15 min Quick wins for database performance
Performance Scalability Design
15 min Understand performance bottlenecks
Bookmark for later: database-design (mid-depth), monitoring-logging (surface)
Need to pass compliance audit
Compliance Validation
12 min Understand what compliance requires
Threat Modeling
25 min Most compliance frameworks require documented threat models
Bookmark for later: compliance-prep track, security-posture-reviews (mid-depth)
Production outage happening now
Incident Response
10 min Immediate actions for handling outages
Backup Recovery
10 min If you need to restore from backup
Bookmark for later: incident-recovery track, monitoring-logging (mid-depth), retrospectives (surface)
After Completing This Path
- � When you have more time, revisit bookmarked topics at mid-depth
- � Consider New Developer path for systematic lifecycle overview
- � Consider Generalist Leveling Up for comprehensive coverage