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Prompt course · 8 lessons · 24 prompts · 1 hour · Beginner

AI for Backend Developers

Eight lessons that walk through the prompts backend developers reach for most, from API endpoints to incident logs. Each one shows the prompt, the reason behind it, and how to check the result.

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What you'll learn

  • API Endpoint Drafting: Draft route structure, request shapes, and validation notes for a new endpoint.
  • Database Schema Design: Turn a product requirement into tables, indexes, and a migration plan.
  • Query Performance Tuning: Read a query plan and find the missing index or the rewrite that helps.
  • Authentication And Security: Sketch auth flows and review endpoints for common gaps.
  • Cloud Deployment Config: Draft container, infrastructure, and environment settings for a service.
  • Logs And Incident Troubleshooting: Summarize logs, trace an error, and build a clear incident timeline.
  • Legacy Refactoring And Tests: Understand unfamiliar code and write tests before you change it.
  • Third-Party Integration And Async: Integrate an external API with retries, webhooks, and idempotency in mind.

What's inside

8 lessons · 24 prompts
  1. Before you start · framework course Context Engineering and Structured PromptsContext engineering fits backend developers by structuring prompts for agents that automate API error triage and generate tested database migration scripts.
  2. Start here Ravi's Wednesday, two waysA day in the life of a Backend Developer, before and after these prompts.
  3. 01 Lesson 1 · 3 prompts API Endpoint Drafting
  4. 02 Lesson 2 · 3 prompts Database Schema Design
  5. 03 Lesson 3 · 3 prompts Query Performance Tuning
  6. 04 Lesson 4 · 3 prompts Authentication And Security
  7. 05 Lesson 5 · 3 prompts Cloud Deployment Config
  8. 06 Lesson 6 · 3 prompts Logs And Incident Troubleshooting
  9. 07 Lesson 7 · 3 prompts Legacy Refactoring And Tests
  10. 08 Lesson 8 · 3 prompts Third-Party Integration And Async

About this course

7 topics

Prompts for backend developers, from endpoints to incidents

This course is eight prompts, each one aimed at a task backend developers already do. You will see the prompt, the thinking behind it, and what to check before you use the answer.

The lessons build on each other in a loose way. You can start anywhere, but the order follows a normal project: design, build, secure, deploy, watch, and clean up.

  1. The lessons
    1. API Endpoint Drafting: Use AI to draft and document API endpoints faster, from route structure to validation.
    2. Database Schema Design: Use AI to turn product requirements into normalized tables, indexes, and migrations.
    3. Query Performance Tuning: Use AI to read query plans, rewrite slow SQL, and find missing indexes.
    4. Authentication And Security: Use AI to implement auth flows and review endpoints for common security gaps.
    5. Cloud Deployment Config: Use AI to draft container, infrastructure, and environment configuration for cloud services.
    6. Logs And Incident Troubleshooting: Use AI to summarize logs, trace errors, and draft incident timelines during production issues.
    7. Legacy Refactoring And Tests: Use AI to understand unfamiliar code, refactor safely, and generate tests before changes.
    8. Third-Party Integration And Async: Use AI to integrate external APIs, handle webhooks, and design reliable retry and idempotency logic.
  2. What the course covers

    Eight lessons, each tied to a task you likely do already: endpoints, schemas, queries, auth, deployment, logs, legacy code, and third-party integrations. Every lesson gives you a prompt to copy, a short explanation of why it is written that way, and a list of things to check.

  3. How the lessons connect

    The order follows a project's life. You design the data, build the endpoint, secure it, deploy it, watch it in production, and clean up what came before. You can jump to the lesson you need today, and the others will still make sense later.

  4. How to use the prompts well

    Give the tool context: the language, the framework, the constraint, and what you have already tried. Ask for the reasoning, not just the answer. Then run it, test it, and change what does not fit.

  5. Who it is for

    Backend developers who want to move faster without losing the thread of what they are building. It suits people working on APIs, services, and databases in any language. You do not need prior AI experience.

  6. Safety and privacy for this job

    Backend work touches credentials, customer data, and internal systems. The course shows you how to keep secrets out of prompts, how to check what a tool does with your input, and when to ask your team first. The habit matters more than any single rule.

  7. Your next step

    Pick the lesson closest to your current ticket and try it once. If it helps, try the next one tomorrow. The goal is a small change in how you work, repeated until it becomes normal.