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System Design
Master the art of designing scalable, resilient, and high-performance systems.
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Phase 1
Foundations
5 guidesNetworking BasicsClient-Server ArchitectureDatabases — SQL FundamentalsDatabases — NoSQL OverviewBasic System Concepts
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Phase 2
Core Building Blocks
5 guidesLoad Balancing StrategiesCaching PatternsMessage QueuesAPI GatewaysData Replication
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Phase 3
Distributed Systems
6 guidesThe 8 Fallacies of Distributed ComputingDistributed Transactions & SagasService Discovery & Configuration Management in Distributed SystemsDistributed Caching & CDNsDistributed Data StoresFault Tolerance & Resilience
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Phase 4
Core Algorithms
10 guidesConsistent HashingBloom FiltersWrite-Ahead Log (WAL)Raft Consensus AlgorithmPaxos, Two-Phase Commit, and Distributed Consensus ProtocolsMerkle Trees and Anti-EntropyVector Clocks and VersioningLRU, LFU, and TinyLFUSnowflake ID and Distributed ID GenerationQuorum-Based Reads and Writes
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Phase 5
Architecture Patterns
6 guidesMicroservices ArchitectureEvent-Driven ArchitectureServerless and FaaSService Mesh and Sidecar PatternDomain-Driven DesignHexagonal and Clean Architecture
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Phase 6
Gen AI Systems
9 guidesGenerative AI SystemsEmbeddings and Vector DatabasesRAG ArchitectureLLM Gateway and RoutingPrompt Caching and Semantic CachingAgentic Patterns and Tool UseStreaming and Latency OptimizationGuardrails and Output ValidationLLM Observability and Evaluation
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Phase 7
Scalability & Performance
6 guidesPerformance OptimizationScaling StrategiesDatabase Scaling PatternsRate Limiting and ThrottlingObservability and MonitoringContent Delivery and Edge Computing
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Phase 8
Security & Reliability
2 guidesSystem SecurityReliability Patterns
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Phase 9
Expert Case Studies
2 guidesDesigning InstagramDesigning Netflix