Courses at Atchison Academy
In-depth training on software architecture, cloud computing, and technology leadership, taught by Lee Atchison and delivered through Atchison Academy and its affiliated learning platforms. Every course page names the platform it is on and what getting in actually takes.
Featured Courses
Architecting for Cost
Finance can't fix your cloud bill. Your architecture caused it, and only architecture decisions can change it.
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Architecting Scalable Applications and Systems
Three courses on availability, cloud architecture, and technical risk, decided from the architect's seat — the full program, in the order it was built to run.
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Software Architecture: From Developer to Architect
What actually changes when a developer becomes a software architect, and how to make that transition on purpose.
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Cloud Migration Fundamentals: Best Practices for Moving to the Cloud
The strategies and practices that move a migration from a slide deck to a running system, without the outage nobody planned for.
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Cloud Architecture: Advanced Concepts
Lee's longest and newest LinkedIn Learning course: architecting a cloud infrastructure end to end, from core cloud types through serverless, security, AI, the edge, and sustainability.
Learn more → CourseraScalable Availability in Software Architecture
Practical techniques for designing modern, high-scale applications that maintain strong availability while managing complexity, risk, and service dependencies.
Learn more → CourseraCloud Architecture for Scalable Systems
Vendor-neutral cloud architecture from the architect's seat — deployment models, managed services, infrastructure as code, cloud-native design, cost as a first-class constraint, and migration planning.
Learn more → CourseraRisk Management for Scalable Systems
Risk as a portfolio you manage on purpose. Build a matrix for your own systems, then use it to win the arguments that decide the roadmap.
Learn more → LinkedIn LearningAvoiding Bad Decisions in Your Cloud Strategy
The decisions that quietly sink a cloud strategy after it's already running — misjudged security, blurry roles, cost that gets away from you — and how to catch them before they become expensive.
Learn more → LinkedIn LearningFraming Cloud Discussions for the C-Suite
Translating cloud decisions into language a C-suite audience will actually engage with, whatever the specific decision is.
Learn more → LinkedIn LearningUnderstanding the Impact of a Merger for IT Teams
Navigating a merger from the IT seat: overlapping systems, competing architectures, and where your job actually stands.
Learn more → Coming SoonArchitecting Systems That Use AI
Architecting around AI components without inheriting their unpredictability as your own production risk.
Learn more → Coming SoonService Ownership and Criticality at Scale
Who owns a service, how critical it really is, and why most organizations can't answer either question with confidence.
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