Program signals

6

Seasons shipping refreshed lab sets

1,200+

Documented lab minutes across cohorts

91%

Recent exit surveys: would suggest to a teammate

<72h

Typical mentor comment turnaround on core assignments

14

Organizations represented in last two intakes

Close-up of printed circuit traces suggesting data pathways and connectivity

Signal, not slogans

12 live outlines

mapped to database engineering habits hiring managers can recognize.

Trusted by internal tooling squads at logistics, analytics, and fintech teams — satisfaction mix from exit surveys, mentor check-ins, and partner feedback (not a single third-party score).

Inclusions you can point to in an interview

Annotated migrations

Pull-request style feedback on DDL and rollback notes — not autograded multiple guess.

Scenario labs

Replication lag, plan shifts, and backup drills on disposable clusters you cannot break.

Cohort rhythm

Live reviews alternate with async deep work so Tokyo and Sapporo time zones stay workable.

Readable artifacts

Every track ends with a repo slice and short memo you are allowed to sanitize for employers.

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Visual mood for SQL Foundations for Engineers

beginner

SQL Foundations for Engineers

Write reliable SELECT/INSERT/UPDATE flows with joins, constraints, and readable structure.

¥48,000 JPY

Visual mood for Indexing Internals Workshop

intermediate

Indexing Internals Workshop

B-tree and hash trade-offs, partial indexes, and plan reading for real workloads.

¥62,000 JPY

Visual mood for Transaction Isolation in Practice

intermediate

Transaction Isolation in Practice

Serializable vs read committed, phantom reads, and designing safer application transactions.

¥78,000 JPY

Visual mood for Replication Concepts Boot Lab

beginner

Replication Concepts Boot Lab

Leader/follower, lag, read replicas, and failover vocabulary without vendor hype.

¥36,000 JPY

01 — The flow (compressed)

  1. Step 1

    Map

    You bring a repo or sample domain; we agree on scope and risk boundaries.

  2. Step 2

    Build

    Weekly labs with explicit acceptance notes — no mystery rubrics.

  3. Step 3

    Defend

    Short review call where you explain trade-offs as if to a staff engineer.

From our cohorts

“The Transaction Isolation in Practice anomaly labs mirrored a double-post bug we had. Idempotency worksheet is now pinned in Notion.”
Tomas · Platform engineer · Fintech startup
Backup drill PDF felt overkill until we timed a restore. Still want clearer audio on one lecture.
Kenji · Niigata
Indexing Internals Workshop — partial index module paid for itself. I sent the plan diff template to platform guild.”
★★★★☆ Aya · Backend · survey
Warehouse intro stopped our event-name bike-shedding.
Anonymous · Client in analytics

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