1. Capstones

Curriculum

Capstones

End-to-end walkthroughs that stitch several topics into one real system flow

End-to-End Walkthroughs

URL → Rendered Page

One request end to end: DNS, TCP, TLS, HTTP, and the cache — every layer in motion.

DNS→TLS→HTTP

SQL Query → Disk Read

From a query to bytes on disk: parser, plan, B+ tree index, and the page cache.

Parser→B+Tree

Handwritten Digit → Prediction

Watch a confidence gate route real MNIST predictions—then let held-out truth audit the decision.

Prediction→Decision

Message → Distributed Consensus

Follow one write through replication and commitment, then lose its reply: the client can time out after success.

Network→Raft