System Design & Architecture for Modern Engineers
Course Overview
A practical course teaching engineers how to design scalable, reliable systems that handle real-world traffic. Focuses on architectural decision-making, trade-offs, and implementation patterns rather than just terminology.
What You'll Learn
Learning Outcomes
Design a scalable architecture for a high-traffic application.
Evaluate database replication and sharding trade-offs.
Implement caching strategies to reduce latency.
Manage sessions without losing state consistency.
Syllabus Overview
This course covers the fundamental challenges of scaling modern applications, focusing on load balancing, database management, caching, and distributed processing.
Course Structure
Modules & Lessons
8 modules · 18 lessons
Understanding bottlenecks, latency, and why single servers fail under modern traffic loads.
- 01Why Single Servers Fail
- 02Understanding Scaling Limits and Bottlenecks
- 03The Economics of Scaling and Cost Trade-offs
- 04Understanding System Bottlenecks
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