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What I’m working on

A public snapshot of the backend skills I’m deepening, the systems I’m building, and the evidence guiding my growth toward Backend / AX Software Engineer.

Focus Areas

Learning through real milestones

Progress is tracked by what I can build, explain, test, and deploy—not by made-up skill percentages.

Backend Engineering

In Development

Building production-ready REST APIs with Spring Boot, Spring Security, JWT authentication, MyBatis, PostgreSQL, validation, testing, and clean architecture.

Current focus

AuthHub authentication and authorization API

Milestones

  • Completed: Spring Boot REST API foundations
  • Completed: JWT issue, refresh, logout, and token revocation
  • Completed: PostgreSQL persistence and validation
  • In progress: Role and permission authorization hardening
  • Planned: Dockerized release and CI/CD quality gate
JavaSpring BootSpring SecurityMyBatisPostgreSQL

DevOps Fundamentals

Learning & Practicing

Learning how to build, deploy, monitor, and maintain applications using Docker, GitHub Actions, Linux, Nginx, CI/CD pipelines, and deployment strategies.

Current focus

Containerizing Spring Boot and Next.js applications

Milestones

  • Completed: Linux, Git, and environment configuration fundamentals
  • Completed: GitHub Actions build and test workflow
  • In progress: Multi-stage containers for Spring Boot and Next.js
  • Planned: Nginx reverse proxy and HTTPS setup
  • Planned: Deployment monitoring and rollback practice
DockerGitHub ActionsLinuxNginxCI/CD

AX Engineering

Actively Exploring

Learning how context, instructions, tools, agents, MCP, guardrails, quality gates, evaluations, observability, and handoff can make AI-assisted development more reliable.

Current focus

Structured AX Engineering curriculum and educational Agent Harness labs

Milestones

  • Completed: Structured planning and implementation prompts
  • Completed: AI-supported documentation and code review
  • Completed: Test-first verification loops for full-stack changes
  • In progress: Version-controlled AX curriculum and concept map
  • Planned: Project instructions, skills, and read-only MCP tool labs
  • Planned: Evaluation, observability, and handoff practice
Claude CodeCodexAgent HarnessMCPEvals

Korean for Software Engineers

Daily Practice

Improving speaking, listening, and workplace communication to collaborate more effectively with Korean product and engineering teams.

Current focus

Technical Korean, workplace conversations, and K-Specialist interview preparation

Milestones

  • Completed: TOPIK I language foundation
  • In progress: Daily technical vocabulary and listening practice
  • In progress: Workplace conversations and written updates
  • Planned: K-Specialist interview preparation
  • Planned: Technical presentation practice in Korean
Technical KoreanTOPIK IWorkplace CommunicationInterview Practice