What you'll learn
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Course curriculum
Who this course is for
Backend Engineers
Who want to understand what happens to their services in production — beyond just writing the code.
DevOps / SREs
Joining a team that uses Datadog and need to get productive fast without reading every page of docs.
Startup Founders
Who want to set up observability properly from day one — without hiring a dedicated ops team.
Requirements
- Basic comfort with the Linux command line (cd, ls, curl — nothing fancy)
- Some experience writing or deploying a web service (any language)
- A free Datadog trial account — I'll show you how to create one in Lesson 2
- No prior Datadog or observability experience needed
Your instructor
Mohammed Yaseen
Founder, SolutionGigs
I'm Mohammed Yaseen — engineer, builder, and founder of SolutionGigs. I've run Datadog in production across startups and scale-ups: configuring agents, building dashboards that actually mean something, and debugging incidents at 2am with APM traces. I built this course because every Datadog tutorial I found was either too shallow ("here's the UI tour") or too corporate ("here's our sales pitch"). This is the course I wish existed when I first set it up.
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The APM section alone was worth $15. I'd been trying to understand flame graphs from the Datadog docs for weeks. Yaseen explained it in 9 minutes and I finally got it. Implemented proper distributed tracing at my job the same week.
Joined a new company that uses Datadog everywhere. This course got me productive in 2 days instead of 2 weeks. The tagging strategy lesson alone saved me from making a mess. Best $15 I spent this year.
No fluff, no corporate BS. Just real production patterns explained clearly. The Kubernetes section is exactly what I needed — Helm chart setup, namespace filtering, pod-level metrics. Done in under an hour.
Frequently asked questions
No. Datadog offers a free 14-day trial with full features — more than enough to complete all lessons. I'll show you exactly how to set it up in Lesson 2, including what to click and what to skip.
Yes. Section 1 starts from absolute zero — creating an account and installing the agent. The only prerequisite is basic Linux command-line comfort (cd, ls, curl). If you've deployed any web service before, you're ready.
Email us at contact@solutiongigs.in within 30 days for a full refund. No questions asked, no hoops to jump through. $15 is coffee money — but if it's not worth it to you, you shouldn't keep it.
Yes. Datadog ships fast — when a major feature changes how the lessons work, I update the relevant sections. All updates are free for existing students. Lifetime access means exactly that.
Forever. Once you enrol, the course is yours. No subscription, no expiry, no "access revoked" emails. Watch it now, revisit Section 3 in six months when you need to debug a trace — it'll still be there.
Yes. Complete all 32 lessons and you'll receive a SolutionGigs certificate you can add to your LinkedIn profile. It's not a Datadog certification (those cost hundreds of dollars) — but it proves you did the work.