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Ship That Code is a learning platform offering over 80 build-from-scratch courses to teach real systems like Redis, Git, and databases, with structured career paths and multiple languages.

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# Ship That Code — Build Real Systems, Not Tutorials Source: [https://shipthatcode.com/](https://shipthatcode.com/) ## Learn by building andshippingreal systems\. Pick a system\. Build it from scratch\. Every lesson ischoose→write→run, until it clicks\. 80\+ build\-from\-scratch courses · 9 languages · no credit card [Explore all 80\+ courses](https://shipthatcode.com/courses) ## Follow a career path Sequenced courses that take you from zero to job\-ready\. [All paths](https://shipthatcode.com/paths) [### Backend Engineer intermediate~80h The infrastructure under every web service — Go, SQL, caches, queues, and the protocols that connect them\. Go FundamentalsSQL FundamentalsBuild Redis\+5more](https://shipthatcode.com/paths/backend-engineer)[### Frontend Engineer intermediate~65h Master the browser end of the wire — JavaScript, TypeScript, then build the framework you depend on every day\. JavaScript FundamentalsTypeScript FundamentalsJavaScript Advanced\+4more](https://shipthatcode.com/paths/frontend-engineer)[### Full\-Stack Developer intermediate~90h Both ends of the wire: TypeScript on the client, plus a backend language and the protocols that connect them\. JavaScript FundamentalsTypeScript FundamentalsSQL Fundamentals\+4more](https://shipthatcode.com/paths/full-stack-developer)[### DevOps / SRE intermediate~70h Run the systems other engineers build — Bash and Go for tooling; Docker, CI, and observability for the platform\. Bash FundamentalsGo FundamentalsBuild Docker\+4more](https://shipthatcode.com/paths/devops-sre)[### Data Scientist beginner~60h Python, R, and SQL — the canonical trio of data analysis\. Plus the data structures behind efficient queries\. Python FundamentalsPython in PracticeR Fundamentals\+4more](https://shipthatcode.com/paths/data-scientist) [See all14career paths](https://shipthatcode.com/paths) ## Learn programming languages Each card opens a structured Fundamentals → Intermediate → Advanced track\. Tap the\>chevron to reveal all37languages\. > “You can’t cheat — you either solve the problem or you don’t\. It’s the first platform where I actually understand what I’m writing\.” ## Your first lesson takes 2 minutes [Create free account](https://shipthatcode.com/auth/signup)Free forever\. No credit card\. Takes 30 seconds\.

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