Clinker Academy

Clinker Academy teaches the Clinker data engine from real, shipped code. Two tracks meet it from opposite ends — read and extend the engine itself, or author pipelines that run on it. Pick the one that matches what you want to do.

Engine Track — clinker-first Read, debug, and extend the engine itself. Clinker is the textbook; the Rust mechanism underneath is taught with a light touch exactly where the engine needs it, with links out to the official Rust docs for depth.

Pipeline Track — yaml-first Author Clinker pipelines in YAML and CXL — sources, transforms, joins, error handling, and operating a run. No Rust required.

Both tracks are under active development. Their design corpora live under docs/curriculum-planning/ (Engine Track) and docs/pipeline-track-planning/ (Pipeline Track); both share this one site.