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System Design

System Design Fundamentals

  • What you Need to Know
    • Scalability and Performance Concepts

    • Distributed Systems Concepts

    • Database Design and Data Modeling

      • Relational database design and normalization
      • NoSQL database selection and modeling
      • Data partitioning and sharding strategies
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Microservices Architecture

  • What you Need to Know
    • Microservices Design Principles

    • Service Communication and Integration

      • Synchronous communication with REST and GraphQL
      • Asynchronous messaging and event-driven architecture
      • Service discovery and load balancing
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    • Data Management in Microservices

      • Database per service pattern
      • Distributed transactions and saga pattern
      • Event sourcing and CQRS implementation
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High-Level System Architecture

  • What you Need to Know
    • Load Balancing and Traffic Management

    • Caching Strategies and Implementation

      • Browser caching and HTTP cache headers
      • Application-level caching with Redis
      • Database query caching and optimization
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    • Content Delivery and Static Assets

Security Architecture

  • What you Need to Know
    • Application Security Design

    • Infrastructure Security

Performance and Monitoring

  • What you Need to Know
    • Application Performance Monitoring (APM)

    • System Observability

      • Logging strategies and centralized logging
      • Distributed tracing for microservices
      • Metrics collection and visualization
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Capacity Planning and Scaling

  • What you Need to Know
    • Traffic Estimation and Resource Planning

      • Load testing and capacity modeling
      • Resource utilization analysis
      • Growth forecasting and scaling strategies
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    • Auto-Scaling and Dynamic Resource Management

System Design Interview Preparation

  • What you Need to Know
    • Common System Design Problems

    • Design Process and Communication

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