### 📅 **Day 1: Tuesday – Backend & Java Focus**
**Goal:** Build strong foundations in Kafka, Java 8, and Microservices.
- **Kafka Deep Dive (3 hrs)**
- Watch 1–2 concise tutorials on Kafka architecture.
- Hands-on: Set up a local Kafka broker and create a producer/consumer demo.
- Key concepts: partitions, replication, message guarantees.
- **Java 8 (2 hrs)**
- Practice with Streams, Lambdas, Optional, and Date/Time API.
- Use HackerRank or LeetCode for Java 8-specific problems.
- **Microservices (2 hrs)**
- Review Spring Boot basics and microservice patterns.
- Build a simple RESTful service with Docker containerization.
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### 📅 **Day 2: Wednesday – System Design + React**
**Goal:** Tackle system design problems and get React basics down.
- **System Design (4 hrs)**
- Solve 5 design problems (e.g., URL shortener, chat app, rate limiter).
- Focus on trade-offs: scalability, consistency, fault tolerance.
- **React Basics (3 hrs)**
- Learn JSX, components, props, and state.
- Build a simple to-do or notes app using hooks (`useState`, `useEffect`).
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### 📅 **Day 3: Thursday – AI/ML Core + Deep Learning**
**Goal:** Cover foundational ML and start deep learning.
- **Core ML with scikit-learn (3 hrs)**
- Algorithms: Linear Regression, Decision Trees, KNN.
- Practice with datasets on Kaggle or sklearn’s built-in datasets.
- **Deep Learning (3 hrs)**
- Choose either TensorFlow or PyTorch.
- Build a basic neural net for image or text classification.
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### 📅 **Day 4: Friday – Generative AI + Review**
**Goal:** Explore LLM tools and consolidate learning.
- **LangChain / LlamaIndex / Hugging Face (3 hrs)**
- Build a simple RAG (retrieval-augmented generation) app.
- Try loading a pre-trained model and querying it.
- **Review & Mock Interview Prep (3 hrs)**
- Revisit system design and Kafka.
- Practice explaining your projects and tech stack clearly.
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