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Phase 01 · Foundations & Web ArchitectureChapter 2 of 33
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Phase 01Read time ~4 minDifficulty advanced

System Design — Zero to Hero

In this chapter
  • 01Course Progress
  • 02Learning Flow
In this chapter (2 sections)
01Course Progress02Learning Flow

Course Progress#

Chapter Topic Status
00 Roadmap & Fundamentals Complete
01 How a Web Application Works Planned
02 Networking Fundamentals Planned
03 DNS Deep Dive Planned
04 HTTP & API Design Planned
05 Servers & Application Architecture Planned
06 Scaling Applications Planned
07 Load Balancers Planned
08 CDN & Edge Computing Planned
09 Database Fundamentals Planned
10 SQL Databases Planned
11 NoSQL Databases Planned
12 Database Indexing Planned
13 Database Replication Planned
14 Database Partitioning & Sharding Planned
15 Caching Fundamentals Planned
16 Advanced Caching Planned
17 Storage Systems Planned
18 File Upload & Media Systems Planned
19 Message Queues Planned
20 Kafka & Event Streaming Planned
21 Event-Driven Architecture Planned
22 Distributed Systems Fundamentals Planned
23 CAP Theorem Planned
24 Consistency Models Planned
25 Distributed Transactions Planned
26 Distributed Coordination Planned
27 High Availability Planned
28 Fault Tolerance Planned
29 Disaster Recovery Planned
30 System Design Security Fundamentals Planned
31 Secure Distributed Systems Planned
32 Performance Engineering Planned
33 Scalability Patterns Planned
34 Capacity Planning Planned
35 Monolith Architecture Planned
36 Microservices Architecture Planned
37 API Gateway & Service Mesh Planned
38 Common Distributed Architecture Patterns Planned
39 Monitoring & Observability Planned
40 Debugging Distributed Systems Planned
41 Design a URL Shortener Planned
42 Design Pastebin Planned
43 Design a Rate Limiter Planned
44 Design a Notification System Planned
45 Design WhatsApp Planned
46 Design Instagram Planned
47 Design Twitter/X Planned
48 Design YouTube Planned
49 Design Netflix Planned
50 Design Uber Planned
51 Design Amazon Planned
52 Design a Payment System Planned
53 Search Systems Planned
54 Recommendation Systems Architecture Planned
55 Real-Time Systems Planned
56 Geospatial Systems Planned
57 Large-Scale Data Processing Planned
58 Multi-Region & Global Systems Planned
59 Cloud System Design Planned
60 Kubernetes & System Design Planned
61 AI System Design Planned
62 RAG System Architecture Planned
63 Agentic AI Architecture Planned
64 System Design Interview Framework Planned
65 Requirement Gathering Planned
66 Back-of-the-Envelope Estimation Planned
67 Architecture Interview Patterns Planned
68 System Design Interview Questions Planned
69 System Design Mock Interviews Planned
70 Common System Design Mistakes Planned
71 System Design Cheat Sheet Planned
72 Complete System Design Revision Planned
73 Final Capstone Project Planned
74 Final Interview Preparation Planned

Learning Flow#

Fundamentals
    ↓
Web & Networking
    ↓
Servers & APIs
    ↓
Databases
    ↓
Caching
    ↓
Load Balancing
    ↓
Messaging
    ↓
Distributed Systems
    ↓
Consistency
    ↓
Reliability
    ↓
Security
    ↓
Performance & Scalability
    ↓
Architecture Patterns
    ↓
Observability
    ↓
Real-World Systems
    ↓
Advanced Systems
    ↓
AI System Design
    ↓
Interview Mastery
    ↓
Final Capstone

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