Is SYJ EDUCATE really free?

Yes. SYJ EDUCATE is released under the MIT License and every learning track, project, and lesson is free to use, fork, and redistribute, with no paid tiers.

Do I need prior experience to start?

Frontend Engineering and several industry projects are beginner-friendly, while tracks like AI Engineering and Cybersecurity assume working knowledge of Python and basic web concepts. Each track lists its difficulty and prerequisites.

What makes these projects different from typical coding tutorials?

Every project mirrors a production system that was actually shipped under the SYJ brand, complete with real architecture, deployment steps, and known trade-offs, rather than an isolated toy example.

100% open source · MIT licensed

Learn software engineering by shipping real projects, not watching slides.

SYJ EDUCATE is a free, open-source curriculum in AI engineering, backend systems, databases, cybersecurity, OSINT, automation, and SaaS architecture — built entirely around production-grade codebases you can run, break, and redeploy.

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Learning tracks

Real projects

Industry domains

Cost, forever

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AI Engineering · RAG, agents, evals Backend Engineering · FastAPI, gRPC, queues Cybersecurity · API hacking, threat modeling OSINT · recon, attribution, tooling Database Engineering · PostgreSQL, indexing, replication SaaS Development · billing, multi-tenancy Automation · CI/CD, workflow orchestration AI Engineering · RAG, agents, evals Backend Engineering · FastAPI, gRPC, queues Cybersecurity · API hacking, threat modeling OSINT · recon, attribution, tooling Database Engineering · PostgreSQL, indexing, replication SaaS Development · billing, multi-tenancy Automation · CI/CD, workflow orchestration

Learning tracks

Nine tracks. Every one ships a working system.

Each track pairs a structured curriculum with real repositories — no toy to-do apps.

AI Engineering

advanced

Build retrieval-augmented generation pipelines, agent orchestration, and evaluation harnesses on real datasets.

PythonLLM APIsVector DBs

6 projects~8 weeks

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Backend Engineering

intermediate

Design APIs, background workers, and service boundaries the way production systems actually require.

FastAPIDockerQueues

7 projects~6 weeks

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Database Engineering

intermediate

Schema design, indexing strategy, replication, and query optimization on datasets that actually hurt at scale.

PostgreSQLSQLitePrisma

5 projects~5 weeks

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Frontend Engineering

beginner

Component architecture, state management, and accessible interfaces with React, Next.js, and TypeScript.

ReactNext.jsTypeScript

6 projects~5 weeks

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Cybersecurity

advanced

API hacking labs, authentication attacks, and secure-by-default backend patterns, taught defensively.

Burp SuiteJWTOWASP

5 projects~7 weeks

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OSINT

intermediate

Open-source intelligence gathering, tooling, and reporting workflows for legitimate research and defense.

ShodanVirusTotalPython

4 projects~4 weeks

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See all 9 tracks, including Automation, SaaS & CRM Development →

Why SYJ EDUCATE

Built differently, on purpose

Production-grade only

No to-do apps. Every project mirrors a real system you'd ship to users, complete with tests and deployment steps.

Zero cost, forever

MIT-licensed and free to use, fork, and redistribute. No paywalled modules, no "pro tier" bait-and-switch.

Built by a solo founder, in public

Every track is derived from real products shipped under the SYJ brand — including the mistakes, rewrites, and fixes.

Runs on constrained hardware

Curriculum favors zero-native-compilation, single-file, and CDN-based approaches — the same constraints of building on Termux.

Roadmap

Where the curriculum is headed

The roadmap is sequential and versioned like the rest of the project — see the full detail on the Roadmap page.

1 Shipped

Core tracks launched

AI Engineering, Backend, Database, Frontend, Cybersecurity, and OSINT tracks published with full project repositories.

2 In progress

Industry project library

Domain-specific builds across healthcare, agriculture, logistics, retail, and finance — mapped to real SYJ products.

3 Planned

Community mentorship program

Structured code review and pairing for contributors working through advanced tracks.

4 Planned

Certification-style project badges

Verifiable, non-commercial completion badges tied to merged pull requests, not multiple-choice quizzes.

From the community

Learners building real things

"The OSINT track was the first course that showed me how the tools actually connect — not just a list of definitions."

Community contributor

OSINT track, cohort 2

"Shipping a real FastAPI service in week two, instead of week eight, changed how fast I actually learned backend engineering."

Community contributor

Backend Engineering track

"It's rare to find a free curriculum that treats database engineering as seriously as AI engineering. This one does."

Community contributor

Database Engineering track

Open source philosophy

Curriculum as a public repository, not a product funnel

SYJ EDUCATE is released under the MIT License. Anyone can fork the curriculum, adapt it to their own cohort, or contribute a new project back to the main repository.

MIT License

Full commercial and personal reuse rights, with attribution appreciated but not required by law.

Open contributions

Pull requests are welcomed for new lessons, bug fixes, translations, and entirely new tracks.

Public issue tracker

Report unclear lessons, broken project starters, or outdated dependencies directly on GitHub Issues.

Transparent roadmap

Every planned track and feature is visible on the Roadmap page before it ships.

Read the full Open Source guide →

How a project is structured

Every project follows the same production shape

01 · clientNext.js / React / plain HTML

02 · apiFastAPI service layer

03 · dataPostgreSQL / SQLite

04 · shipDocker + CI/CD to production

Latest releases

Recently shipped to the curriculum

v1.4.0

Agriculture industry project

A farm labour management build mirroring a real EU-market MVP, covering scheduling, compliance, and reporting.

v1.3.0

API hacking lab, part II

Broken authentication and IDOR labs against a deliberately vulnerable FastAPI reference service.

v1.2.0

OSINT tooling walkthrough

Integrating Shodan, VirusTotal, and AbuseIPDB into a single reconnaissance reporting pipeline.

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The SYJ ecosystem

Where this curriculum comes from

Every lesson traces back to a real, shipped product under the SYJ brand.

Founder Portfolioshalimoosavi.github.io/moosavi Sayanjali Nexusshalimoosavi.github.io/SAYANJALI_NEXUS SYJ Tokenshalimoosavi.github.io/SYJ-TOKEN Sayanjali Blockchainshalimoosavi.github.io/syj-blockchain-web SYJ AIshalimoosavi.github.io/SYJ-AI-Landing SYJ NexusIntel AIshalimoosavi.github.io/SYJ-NexusIntel-AI-Landing

Learn software engineering by shipping real projects, not watching slides.

Nine tracks. Every one ships a working system.

AI Engineering

Backend Engineering

Database Engineering

Frontend Engineering

Cybersecurity

OSINT

Built differently, on purpose

Production-grade only

Zero cost, forever

Built by a solo founder, in public

Runs on constrained hardware

Where the curriculum is headed

Core tracks launched

Industry project library

Community mentorship program

Certification-style project badges

Learners building real things

Curriculum as a public repository, not a product funnel

MIT License

Open contributions

Public issue tracker

Transparent roadmap

Every project follows the same production shape

Recently shipped to the curriculum

Agriculture industry project

API hacking lab, part II

OSINT tooling walkthrough

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