System Design Foundations
Master system design through bite-sized lessons built for early-career engineers. Build scalable, bulletproof systems with hands-on projects and real-world case studies that make complex concepts click.
Intermediate
11 lessons
Master system design through bite-sized lessons built for early-career engineers. Build scalable, bulletproof systems with hands-on projects and real-world case studies that make complex concepts click.
Intermediate
11 lessons
6 hours
Course description
Welcome to System Design Foundations — a beginner-friendly, self-paced course designed to help you think like a real-world system architect. This course is not about memorizing jargon. It's about understanding core system design principles through hands-on practice, real-world exercises, and a stru...
Things you’ll gain with course:
- Design Your Systems: A Complete Curriculum
- Introduction: Learn the core concepts and mindset needed for system design through foundational principles.
- Databases: Master both relational and non-relational databases, including scaling, sharding, and choosing the right solution.
- Caching: Explore caching strategies across different architectural layers to optimize system performance.
- Asynchronous Systems: Dive into message queues, Kafka, and real-time pub/sub for building responsive systems.
- Resiliency: Build robust systems using load balancers, circuit breakers, and smart recovery mechanisms.
- Essentials: Grasp critical concepts like bloom filters, consistent hashing, and communication protocols.
- Consumer Systems: Design real-world systems like e-commerce listings, social feeds, and trend analytics.
- Common Utilities: Create practical components like URL shorteners, rate limiters, and web crawlers.
- Critical Systems: Tackle complex challenges in fraud detection, recommendation engines, and content management.
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