Web foundations
Learn HTML, CSS, and basic JavaScript—the building blocks of the web.
A Ticker Bell learning journal
Become a Software Engineer
This is the journal of becoming an independent software engineer—from the first idea to a product people can actually use.
Builders are shaping the world.
Why we chose this journey
Why now is the right time to learn.
AI has changed how software is created. People no longer need to know everything before they begin, but they still need to understand how systems work, how to guide AI, and how to evaluate what it produces.
We started this journey to explore how a founder can use AI as a learning and development partner while gradually becoming an independent and responsible software builder.
Your path to software engineering
One road. Thirteen practical milestones.
Move from the foundations to reliable, measurable, automated software. Learn one concept, build something small, test it, document what went wrong, and improve it through real projects.
Git & GitHub
Track every change, collaborate safely, and publish small public projects.
Programming
Learn Python fundamentals, logic, data structures, and problem-solving.
Frontend development
Build responsive, accessible interfaces with JavaScript and React.
Backend & APIs
Create application logic and APIs using Python with FastAPI or Django.
Databases
Store, query, and structure application data with SQL and PostgreSQL.
Authentication & security
Add user accounts, protected pages, permissions, and secure data handling.
Testing
Write unit, integration, and end-to-end tests so changes can be trusted.
Cloud & deployment
Deploy projects with GitHub Pages, Google Cloud, or another simple platform.
CI/CD automation
Automatically test, build, and deploy every safe change through a delivery pipeline.
Web analytics
Measure visits, user journeys, conversions, and performance to improve the application with evidence.
Complete real projects
Connect the frontend, backend, database, security, tests, deployment, and analytics.
Professional growth
Develop documentation, system design, code review, teamwork, and communication.
Keep learning · Keep building · Keep shipping
Lessons from the build
Open the work. See the problems. Learn the solution.
Each lesson records the objective, technical steps, mistakes, difficult moments, final result, and reusable knowledge from a real release.
GitHub Pages and a custom subdomain.
Build the first public landing page, configure GitHub Pages, connect swe.tickerbell.biz, understand DNS, and verify that the site is truly online.
Connect the journal form to Brevo.
Add the tracker, connect every journal CTA, test the form, confirm the email, inspect the Brevo contact list, and document the frustrating parts honestly.
Plan the architecture before writing more code.
Separate the public learning repository, production frontend, and private backend; define secure boundaries for GitHub Pages, Google Cloud Run, Auth0, Brevo, and secrets.
Plan the experience before building more pages.
Define the website type, purpose, audience, sitemap, content sequence, customer journey, requirements, success measures, and phased scope for swe.tickerbell.biz.
The product roadmap is not the learning order.
See the complete 30-step process for developing software from a problem to a maintained production system, and understand why project-based learning follows a different sequence.
Move from a static website to a web application.
Choose a learning-driven architecture with Firebase Hosting, Auth0, Cloud Run, Firestore, private Cloud Storage, and GitHub-based deployment—while keeping every security boundary explicit.
Keep GitHub as the source. Let Cloudflare host.
Move the existing static frontend from GitHub Pages to Cloudflare Pages, connect swe.tickerbell.biz, diagnose the failed npm build, and verify the new deployment path.
Contact · Ticker Bell
Let’s start a conversation.
Our doors are open for collaborations, partnerships, and conversations. Reach out online or visit the Ticker Bell office in Budapest.
Visit us
Find us in Budapest’s XIII district, close to the Danube.
- Address
- Népfürdő u. 22B
1138 Budapest, Hungary - info@tickerbell.biz
- Office hours
- Monday–Friday, 9:00–17:00
CET / CEST