The System Design track.

Design scalable systems — load balancing, caching, microservices and real-world architecture. Built as a curriculum — 7 chapters, recommended spine if you're new, side-quests when you're ready.

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CURRICULUM

7 chapters · 78 topics

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Fundamentals

SPINEIntermediate

10 topics · ~1h 10m · 0/10 read

System Design Basics Scalability Concepts CAP Theorem Horizontal vs Vertical Scaling Monolith vs Microservices+5 more

Components

SPINEIntermediate

18 topics · ~2h 6m · 0/18 read

Load Balancing What Is a Load Balancer? Types, Algorithms and How They Work Caching Strategies CDN — Content Delivery Network Message Queues+13 more

Architecture

SPINEAdvanced

13 topics · ~1h 31m · 0/13 read

Microservices Architecture REST API Design GraphQL vs REST Event-Driven Architecture CQRS Pattern+8 more

Real World

SPINEAdvanced

17 topics · ~1h 59m · 0/17 read

Design URL Shortener Design Twitter Feed Design YouTube Design WhatsApp Design Uber+12 more

Databases in Design

Advanced

5 topics · ~35m · 0/5 read

Database Selection Guide Choosing Between Redis and Memcached Data Warehousing Basics Data Lake vs Data Warehouse Time Series Databases

Security

Intermediate

10 topics · ~1h 10m · 0/10 read

OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect JWT Authentication Flow HTTPS and TLS Explained API Security Best Practices CSRF and XSS Prevention+5 more

Estimation

Intermediate

5 topics · ~35m · 0/5 read

Back of Envelope Estimation Capacity Planning Basics QPS — Queries Per Second Storage Estimation Techniques Bandwidth Estimation Techniques

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