Schedule

This schedule is provisional. Topics, assignments, and labs may change as the course progresses. We will announce any significant changes in advance via Slack and Canvas.

Week 1Aug 24 – 28

• Mon 24Lecture: Course Introduction
• Wed 26Lecture: Containers & Orchestration

Week 2Aug 31 – Sep 4

• Mon 31Lecture: Source Code Management and Version Control
• Wed 2Lecture: Continuous Integration & Automated Testing
• Fri 4Lab: Continuous Integration with GitHub Actions

Week 3Sep 7 – 11

• Mon 7No Class: Labor Day
• Wed 9Lecture: Secrets, Keys and AuthHandout: Incident Evidence ↓
• Fri 11Lab: Secrets Scanning and Precise Exceptions
• Mon 7Due: HW1: Build a Safety Net for an Inherited System

Week 4Sep 14 – 18

• Mon 14Lecture: Dependencies, Vulnerabilities, and VersioningHandout: File Upload Advisory ↓
• Wed 16Lecture: Release EngineeringHandout: Emergency Release Decision ↓
• Fri 18Lab: Images, SBOMs, and Scanning
• Sun 20Due: HW2: Build Fast CI and Prevent Secret Leaks

Week 5Sep 21 – 25

• Mon 21Lecture: Delivery and Environments
• Wed 23Lecture: Deploying with ConfidenceHandout: Knight Capital ↓
• Fri 25Lab: Git-backed Deployments with Komodo

Week 6Sep 28 – Oct 2

• Mon 28Lecture: Observability: Logs, Metrics, and TracesHandout: Log Design ↓Handout: Metric Design ↓
• Wed 30Lecture: From Signals to DecisionsHandout: CI Feedback Worksheet ↓
• Fri 2Lab: Prometheus Queries for an Operational Signal

Week 7Oct 5 – 9

• Mon 5Lecture: Midpoint Review
• Wed 7Midterm I
• Sun 11Due: HW3: Build and Operate a CD Pipeline

Week 8Oct 12 – 16

• Mon 12No Class: Fall Break
• Wed 14No Class: Fall Break
• Fri 16No Class: Fall Break

Week 9Oct 19 – 23

• Mon 19Lecture: Exposure Control and ExperimentationHandout: Ship these Scenarios ↓
• Wed 21Lecture: Production NetworkingHandout: Break In ↓
• Fri 23Lab: Feature Flags with OpenFeature and Unleash

Week 10Oct 26 – 30

• Mon 26Lecture: Safe Evolution of APIs and DataHandout: Hand-in Worksheet ↓Handout: Incident Cards ↓
• Wed 28Lecture: Alerting, Runbooks, and Checklists
• Sun 1Due: HW4: Release With Evidence

Week 11Nov 2 – 6

• Mon 2Lecture: Reliability and Fault Injection
• Wed 4Lecture: Chaos EngineeringHandout: Experiment Card ↓

Week 12Nov 9 – 13You are here

• Mon 9Lecture: Resilience and Disaster PlanningHandout: Defend or Recover? ↓
• Wed 11Lecture: Incident Response
• Fri 13Lab: Fault Experiments with Toxiproxy
• Sun 15Due: HW5: Evolve Without Downtime

Week 13Nov 16 – 20

• Mon 16Lecture: People, Teams and Outcomes
• Wed 18Lecture: Harness Engineering

Week 14Nov 23 – 27

• Mon 23Lecture: Gameday Preparation Session
• Wed 25No Class: Thanksgiving
• Fri 27No Class: Thanksgiving

Week 15Nov 30 – Dec 4

• Mon 30Lecture: Retrospective & Reflection
• Wed 2Midterm II