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In this course, you will learn :
- A contemporary approach to designing complex systems with various building blocks in a microservice architecture.
- The ability to delve deeply into project specifications and constraints.
- A highly adaptable framework that engineers and managers can use to solve modern system design problems.
- A thorough understanding of how various popular web-scale services are built.
- The ability to use this course as a North Star to solve any novel problem using a robust system design approach.
Syllabus :
1. Abstractions
- Why Are Abstractions Important?
- Network Abstractions: Remote Procedure Calls
- Spectrum of Consistency Models
- The Spectrum of Failure Models
2. Non-functional System Characteristics
- Availability
- Reliability
- Scalability
- Maintainability
- Fault Tolerance
3. Back-of-the-envelope Calculations
- Put Back-of-the-envelope Numbers in Perspective
- Examples of Resource Estimation
4. Building Blocks
- Introduction to Building Blocks for Modern System Design
5. Domain Name System
- Introduction to Domain Name System (DNS)
- How the Domain Name System Works
6. Load Balancers
- Introduction to Load Balancers
- Global and Local Load Balancing
- Advanced Details of Load Balancers
7. Databases
- Introduction to Databases
- Types of Databases
- Data Replication
- Data Partitioning
- Trade-offs in Databases
8. Key-value Store
- System Design: The Key-value Store
- Design of a Key-value Store
- Ensure Scalability and Replication
- Versioning Data and Achieving Configurability
- Enable Fault Tolerance and Failure Detection
9. Content Delivery Network (CDN)
- System Design: The Content Delivery Network (CDN)
- Introduction to a CDN
- Design of a CDN
- In-depth Investigation of CDN: Part 1
- In-depth Investigation of CDN: Part 2
- Evaluation of CDN's Design
- Quiz on CDN's Design
10. Sequencer
- System Design: Sequencer
- Design of a Unique ID Generator
- Unique IDs with Causality
11. Distributed Monitoring
- System Design: Distributed Monitoring
- Introduction to Distributed Monitoring
- Prerequisites of a Monitoring System
12. Monitor Server-side Errors
- Design of a Monitoring System
- Detailed Design of a Monitoring System
- Visualize Data in a Monitoring System
13. Monitor Client-side Errors
- Focus on Client-side Errors in a Monitoring System
- Design of a Client-side Monitoring System
14. Distributed Cache
- System Design: The Distributed Cache
- Background of Distributed Cache
- High-level Design of a Distributed Cache
- Detailed Design of a Distributed Cache
- Evaluation of a Distributed Cache's Design
- Memcached versus Redis
15. Distributed Messaging Queue
- System Design: The Distributed Messaging Queue
- Requirements of a Distributed Messaging Queue’s Design
- Considerations of a Distributed Messaging Queue’s Design
- Design of a Distributed Messaging Queue: Part 1
- Design of a Distributed Messaging Queue: Part 2
- Evaluation of a Distributed Messaging Queue’s Design
- Quiz on the Distributed Messaging Queue’s Design
16. Pub-sub
- System Design: The Pub-sub Abstraction
- Introduction to Pub-sub
- Design of a Pub-sub System
17. Rate Limiter
- System Design: The Rate Limiter
- Requirements of a Rate Limiter’s Design
- Design of a Rate Limiter
- Rate Limiter Algorithms
- Quiz on the Rate Limiter’s Design
18. Blob Store
- System Design: A Blob Store
- Requirements of a Blob Store's Design
- Design of a Blob Store
- Design Considerations of a Blob Store
- Evaluation of a Blob Store's Design
- Quiz on the Blob Store's Design
19. Distributed Search
- System Design: The Distributed Search
- Requirements of a Distributed Search System's Design
- Indexing in a Distributed Search
- Design of a Distributed Search
- Scaling Search and Indexing
- Evaluation of a Distributed Search's Design
20. Distributed Logging
- System Design: Distributed Logging
- Introduction to Distributed Logging
- Design of a Distributed Logging Service
21. Distributed Task Scheduler
- System Design: The Distributed Task Scheduler
- Requirements of a Distributed Task Scheduler's Design
- Design of a Distributed Task Scheduler
- Design Considerations of a Distributed Task Scheduler
- Evaluation of a Distributed Task Scheduler's Design
22. Sharded Counters
- System Design: The Sharded Counters
- High-level Design of Sharded Counters
- Detailed Design of Sharded Counters
- Quiz on the Sharded Counters' Design
23. Concluding the Building Blocks Discussion
- Wrapping Up the Building Blocks Discussion
- The RESHADED Approach for System Design
24. Design YouTube
- System Design: YouTube
- Requirements of YouTube's Design
- Design of YouTube
- Evaluation of YouTube's Design
- The Reality Is More Complicated
- Quiz on YouTube's Design
25. Design Quora
- System Design: Quora
- Requirements of Quora's Design
- Initial Design of Quora
- Final Design of Quora
- Evaluation of Quora’s Design
26. Design Google Maps
- System Design: Google Maps
- Requirements of Google Maps' Design
- Design of Google Maps
- Challenges of Google Maps' Design
- Detailed Design of Google Maps
- Evaluation of Google Maps' Design
27. Design a Proximity Service / Yelp
- System Design: Yelp
- Requirements of Yelp’s Design
- Design of Yelp
- Design Considerations of Yelp
- Quiz on Yelp's Design
28. Design Uber
- System Design: Uber
- Requirements of Uber’s Design
- High-level Design of Uber
- Detailed Design of Uber
- Payment Service and Fraud Detection in Uber Design
- Evaluation of Uber’s Design
- Quiz on Uber's Design
29. Design Twitter
- System Design: Twitter
- Requirements of Twitter’s Design
- High-level Design of Twitter
- Detailed Design of Twitter
- Client-side Load Balancer for Twitter
- Quiz on Twitter's Design
30. Design Newsfeed System
- System Design: Newsfeed System
- Requirements of a Newsfeed System’s Design
- Design of a Newsfeed System
- Evaluation of a Newsfeed System’s Design
31. Design Instagram
- System Design: Instagram
- Requirements of Instagram’s Design
- Design of Instagram
- Detailed Design of Instagram
- Quiz on Instagram’s Design
32. Design a URL Shortening Service / TinyURL
- System Design: TinyURL
- Requirements of TinyURL's Design
- Design and Deployment of TinyURL
- Encoder for TinyURL
- Evaluation of TinyURL's Design
- Quiz on TinyURL's Design
33. Design a Web Crawler
- System Design: Web Crawler
- Requirements of a Web Crawler's Design
- Design of a Web Crawler
- Design Improvements of a Web Crawler
- Evaluation of Web Crawler's Design
34. Design WhatsApp
- System Design: WhatsApp
- Requirements of WhatsApp’s Design
- High-level Design of WhatsApp
- Detailed Design of WhatsApp
- Evaluation of WhatsApp’s Design
- Quiz on WhatsApp’s Design
35. Design Typeahead Suggestion
- System Design: The Typeahead Suggestion System
- Requirements of the Typeahead Suggestion System’s Design
- High-level Design of the Typeahead Suggestion System
- Data Structure for Storing Prefixes
- Detailed Design of the Typeahead Suggestion System
- Evaluation of the Typeahead Suggestion System’s Design
- Quiz on the Typeahead Suggestion System’s Design
36. Design a Collaborative Document Editing Service / Google Docs
- System Design: Google Docs
- Requirements of Google Docs’ Design
- Design of Google Docs
- Concurrency in Collaborative Editing
- Evaluation of Google Docs’ Design
37. Spectacular Failures
- Introduction to Distributed System Failures
- Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, Oculus Outage
- AWS Kinesis Outage Affecting Many Organizations
- AWS Wide Spread Outage
