Journal · Coding Journey · 2025

Age 16–17: Software, AI & Systems

Published on 7 February 2025 on the legacy site and attributed there to Devina, this roadmap moved from application development toward software architecture, machine learning foundations, systems programming, cloud deployment, and open-source work.

Software

Application architecture

A plan to deepen web/backend work through larger applications, API design, authentication, and relational databases.

AI

Machine learning foundations

A staged introduction to data tools, classical machine-learning models, neural-network concepts, and simple applied AI projects.

Systems

Systems & performance

Exposure to C++ or Rust, algorithmic optimization, parallel-computing concepts, and lower-level problem solving.

Cloud

Deployment & open source

Cloud platforms, containers, CI/CD concepts, GitHub, and a final project intended to be shared publicly.

Context
This was a roadmap toward capability, not a completed-skills checklist.

The new portfolio keeps the historical ambition while separating plans from verified evidence. Completed work should be linked to code, prototypes, experiments, write-ups, or demonstrations.