https://yuktics.com A complete computer-science curriculum, rebuilt for the AI era. en-us https://yuktics.com/modules/how-to-learn-cs-in-the-ai-era https://yuktics.com/modules/how-to-learn-cs-in-the-ai-era Why the old CS-student playbook is half-broken in 2026, and the new one that replaces it. The frame that everything else in this curriculum sits on top of. T0 — The Meta Layer https://yuktics.com/modules/your-dev-environment https://yuktics.com/modules/your-dev-environment macOS, Linux, or WSL — set up once, properly, and stop fighting your tools. The dotfiles, package managers, and editor configuration that pay back forever. T0 — The Meta Layer https://yuktics.com/modules/using-ai-as-your-tutor https://yuktics.com/modules/using-ai-as-your-tutor The single biggest unfair advantage you have over a CS student five years ago. Most students are using it backwards — copying answers instead of learning faster. This module fixes that. T0 — The Meta Layer https://yuktics.com/modules/reading-code-docs-errors https://yuktics.com/modules/reading-code-docs-errors The three skills that compound the most. Nobody teaches them in school, and the engineers who pull ahead are usually the ones who just got better at all three. T0 — The Meta Layer https://yuktics.com/modules/python-deep-enough https://yuktics.com/modules/python-deep-enough Python without the wandering bootcamp pile-on. Functions, classes, comprehensions, generators, async, types, packaging — the core that compounds, with the parts you can defer. T1 — Programming Foundations https://yuktics.com/modules/terminal-shell-unix https://yuktics.com/modules/terminal-shell-unix The skill that pays compound interest forever. Pipes, processes, find, grep, ssh, tmux — the toolkit that turns a CS student into someone who can move. T1 — Programming Foundations https://yuktics.com/modules/git-and-github https://yuktics.com/modules/git-and-github Stop fearing your VCS. Branches, rebase vs merge, PRs, conflict resolution, history rewrites — the operations every serious dev uses weekly, demystified. T1 — Programming Foundations https://yuktics.com/modules/typescript-that-pays https://yuktics.com/modules/typescript-that-pays The most-employable language in 2026. Types, generics, narrowing, the React/Node ecosystem — without the cargo cult of every Twitter thread. T1 — Programming Foundations https://yuktics.com/modules/c-or-rust-closer-to-metal https://yuktics.com/modules/c-or-rust-closer-to-metal You only need a low-level language once. But you need it once. Pointers, memory, ownership — the ground truth that makes the rest of CS make sense. T1 — Programming Foundations https://yuktics.com/modules/dsa-built-not-memorized https://yuktics.com/modules/dsa-built-not-memorized The DSA module that isn't a LeetCode grind. Build the dozen data structures that matter from scratch — once each — and learn to recognize the situations where each one is the right answer. T2 — CS Theory You Actually Need https://yuktics.com/modules/algorithms-and-complexity https://yuktics.com/modules/algorithms-and-complexity Big-O without the academic framing. The 12 algorithm patterns that solve 80% of interview problems and most of the real ones. T2 — CS Theory You Actually Need https://yuktics.com/modules/discrete-math-for-cs https://yuktics.com/modules/discrete-math-for-cs The slice of math that earns its place in a CS curriculum: counting, induction, recurrence, graphs, modular arithmetic, basic probability. T2 — CS Theory You Actually Need https://yuktics.com/modules/operating-systems-essentials https://yuktics.com/modules/operating-systems-essentials Processes, threads, memory, files, syscalls. What top is showing you. Build a tiny shell. T2 — CS Theory You Actually Need https://yuktics.com/modules/computer-networks-end-to-end https://yuktics.com/modules/computer-networks-end-to-end What happens when you type a URL? Sockets to TCP to TLS to HTTP — built up so you can answer the interview question and design a real backend. T2 — CS Theory You Actually Need https://yuktics.com/modules/databases-and-sql-deep https://yuktics.com/modules/databases-and-sql-deep PostgreSQL as your default. Indexes, transactions, joins that don't melt servers, when to actually reach for NoSQL. T2 — CS Theory You Actually Need https://yuktics.com/modules/computer-architecture-and-performance https://yuktics.com/modules/computer-architecture-and-performance Cache, memory hierarchy, branch prediction, why your code is slow. Profiling as a first-class engineering skill. T2 — CS Theory You Actually Need https://yuktics.com/modules/distributed-systems-intro https://yuktics.com/modules/distributed-systems-intro Where your laptop's mental model breaks. Replication, consensus, the eight fallacies, and why everything is eventually consistent until proven otherwise. T2 — CS Theory You Actually Need https://yuktics.com/modules/web-fundamentals https://yuktics.com/modules/web-fundamentals HTML, CSS, and vanilla JavaScript — the 30 percent of each you actually need. Build a real, semantic, fast page before you reach for a framework. T3 — Build Things People See https://yuktics.com/modules/modern-frontend-react-next https://yuktics.com/modules/modern-frontend-react-next Components, state, routing, server components. Build a real app, not a counter. The framework stack that gets you hired in 2026. T3 — Build Things People See https://yuktics.com/modules/modern-backend https://yuktics.com/modules/modern-backend FastAPI or Hono. REST, JSON, JWT, sessions, password hashing — without copying StackOverflow. The minimum competent backend. T3 — Build Things People See https://yuktics.com/modules/postgresql-like-a-pro https://yuktics.com/modules/postgresql-like-a-pro Schema design, migrations, indexes, EXPLAIN, full-text search, JSONB. The queries that break in production and how to write the ones that don't. T3 — Build Things People See https://yuktics.com/modules/deploying-and-devops-lite https://yuktics.com/modules/deploying-and-devops-lite Docker, GitHub Actions, Vercel/Fly/Railway. Putting a project on the internet so a recruiter can click it — without a Kubernetes detour. T3 — Build Things People See https://yuktics.com/modules/mobile-where-it-matters https://yuktics.com/modules/mobile-where-it-matters When a mobile app beats a responsive site. React Native + Expo for the cases that need it, the case for not bothering for the cases that don't. T3 — Build Things People See https://yuktics.com/modules/ship-a-full-stack-project https://yuktics.com/modules/ship-a-full-stack-project Spec, schema, API, UI, deploy, monitor. The capstone of T3 — a real product on a real domain that you'd put on a resume. T3 — Build Things People See https://yuktics.com/modules/math-for-ml https://yuktics.com/modules/math-for-ml Linalg, probability, calculus, optimization — ranked by how often each shows up. Less than the textbook tells you. More than most students can do cold. T4 — AI Literacy and Engineering https://yuktics.com/modules/transformers-from-scratch https://yuktics.com/modules/transformers-from-scratch Build a working GPT-style transformer in plain PyTorch — tokenizer, attention, training loop — and watch the loss come down on Tiny Shakespeare. T4 — AI Literacy & Engineering https://yuktics.com/modules/tokenizers-datasets-training https://yuktics.com/modules/tokenizers-datasets-training BPE, packing, masking, mixed precision, gradient accumulation. The unsexy plumbing that turns a model architecture into a model that's actually good. T4 — AI Literacy and Engineering https://yuktics.com/modules/fine-tuning-lora-qlora-fullft https://yuktics.com/modules/fine-tuning-lora-qlora-fullft When to use which. Real configs that actually train. How to fine-tune a 7B on a single GPU and get a model that's measurably better at your task. T4 — AI Literacy and Engineering https://yuktics.com/modules/build-an-ai-agent https://yuktics.com/modules/build-an-ai-agent Go from a single LLM call to a working tool-using agent. Build a research agent with tracing and evals — small enough to fit in 200 lines, real enough to actually use. T4 — AI Literacy & Engineering https://yuktics.com/modules/rag-done-right https://yuktics.com/modules/rag-done-right Chunking, embeddings, hybrid search, rerankers, query rewriting. Why most RAG demos fall apart in production — and the design that doesn't. T4 — AI Literacy and Engineering https://yuktics.com/modules/inference-deployment-costs https://yuktics.com/modules/inference-deployment-costs vLLM, quantization, KV cache, batching. The economics of serving models — where most AI products' margins are actually decided. T4 — AI Literacy and Engineering https://yuktics.com/modules/designing-systems-on-a-whiteboard https://yuktics.com/modules/designing-systems-on-a-whiteboard The interview format — and the actual skill. Scoping, capacity, trade-offs, and naming what you don't know without faking it. T5 — System Design and Scale https://yuktics.com/modules/caching-queues-rate-limits https://yuktics.com/modules/caching-queues-rate-limits Redis, Kafka or NATS, exponential backoff, idempotency keys. The standard kit of any production backend, with the failure modes that bite you when you cargo-cult them. T5 — System Design and Scale https://yuktics.com/modules/observability-and-ops https://yuktics.com/modules/observability-and-ops Logs, metrics, traces. What to instrument, what alerts mean, what '99.9% uptime' actually buys you in minutes per month. T5 — System Design and Scale https://yuktics.com/modules/security-essentials https://yuktics.com/modules/security-essentials OWASP Top 10, auth flows that don't leak, secrets management, threat modelling at the level a non-security engineer should reach. T5 — System Design and Scale https://yuktics.com/modules/side-projects-that-compound https://yuktics.com/modules/side-projects-that-compound Most side projects die in week three. The ones that compound share a recognisable shape — and that shape is teachable. T6 — Build Your Reputation https://yuktics.com/modules/open-source-from-contributor-to-maintainer https://yuktics.com/modules/open-source-from-contributor-to-maintainer Finding good first issues, the etiquette of PRs, and becoming someone the maintainer recognizes by name. The most under-priced career move in CS. T6 — Build Your Reputation https://yuktics.com/modules/technical-writing-public-proof https://yuktics.com/modules/technical-writing-public-proof Blog posts, READMEs, talks. The most under-priced career move in tech, and the one most CS students refuse to do because it feels uncomfortable. T6 — Build Your Reputation https://yuktics.com/modules/communities-worth-being-in https://yuktics.com/modules/communities-worth-being-in Discord, X, hackathons, local meetups. Where the actual hiring conversations happen and where the field's signal lives — and where it doesn't. T6 — Build Your Reputation https://yuktics.com/modules/internships-getting-and-using-the-first-one https://yuktics.com/modules/internships-getting-and-using-the-first-one When to apply, what gets read, what gets ignored. The cold-email template that actually works, and the things to do once you're in that compound for a decade. T7 — The Career https://yuktics.com/modules/the-interview-gauntlet https://yuktics.com/modules/the-interview-gauntlet LeetCode without becoming a robot. System design that demonstrates thinking. Behavioral that doesn't sound rehearsed. The interview formats and the actual play for each. T7 — The Career https://yuktics.com/modules/first-job-90-days-six-months-two-years https://yuktics.com/modules/first-job-90-days-six-months-two-years What to optimize for at each horizon — and the autopilot mistakes new grads make that quietly cost them years of growth. T7 — The Career https://yuktics.com/modules/negotiating-your-offer https://yuktics.com/modules/negotiating-your-offer The single highest hourly-rate conversation you will have for a decade. The script that adds 10-30 percent without burning the relationship. T7 — The Career https://yuktics.com/modules/generalist-or-specialist https://yuktics.com/modules/generalist-or-specialist How to decide what to commit to, when, and what to refuse to commit to even when it pays better. The choice that quietly compounds for a decade. T7 — The Career