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System Design Interview

Prepare for the system design interview specifically: how to scope an ambiguous prompt, then reason out loud about load balancing, caching, SQL versus NoSQL storage, sharding, microservices and message queues — finishing with worked FAANG-level case studies.

20 chapters 1h 40m
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What you'll learn

  • Introduction to System Design Interviews
  • Understanding Scalability Fundamentals
  • Client-Server Architecture
  • Databases and Data Storage
  • SQL vs NoSQL Databases
  • Load Balancing and Reverse Proxies
  • Caching Strategies and CDN
  • API Design and Communication Protocols

Course content

20 chapters · 1h 40m
  1. 1 Introduction to System Design Interviews 5 min
  2. 2 Understanding Scalability Fundamentals 5 min
  3. 3 Client-Server Architecture 5 min
  4. 4 Databases and Data Storage 5 min
  5. 5 SQL vs NoSQL Databases 5 min
  6. 6 Load Balancing and Reverse Proxies 5 min
  7. 7 Caching Strategies and CDN 5 min
  8. 8 API Design and Communication Protocols 5 min
  9. 9 Microservices Architecture 5 min
  10. 10 Message Queues and Event-Driven Systems 5 min
  11. 11 Designing High Availability Systems 5 min
  12. 12 Database Scaling and Sharding 5 min
  13. 13 Authentication and Security in System Design 5 min
  14. 14 Monitoring, Logging, and Observability 5 min
  15. 15 Designing Real-Time Systems 5 min
  16. 16 Common System Design Problems 5 min
  17. 17 FAANG-Level System Design Case Studies 5 min
  18. 18 Mock System Design Interviews 5 min
  19. 19 System Design Interview Preparation 5 min
  20. 20 Final Projects and Real-World Applications 5 min