System Design (Beginner to Advanced)
A complete list of system design lessons, starting from beginner fundamentals to advanced distributed systems. Each topic links to a dedicated post.
Beginner Level
1. What is System Design? (Simple Explanation)
2. Functional vs Non-Functional Requirements
3. Latency & Throughput Basics
4. Client-Server Architecture
5. Load Balancing Basics
6. Caching Basics (Redis, CDN)
7. Databases 101 (SQL vs NoSQL)
8. CAP Theorem (Beginner Friendly)
Intermediate Level
9. Microservices vs Monolith Architecture
10. API Gateways & Reverse Proxies
11. Message Queues (Kafka, NATS, RabbitMQ)
12. Sharding & Partitioning
13. Replication (Leader–Follower)
14. Data Modeling & Indexing
15. Caching Strategies (Cache-aside, Write-through)
16. Distributed Locks & Consistency
Advanced Level
17. Event-Driven Architecture
18. Distributed Transactions (Sagas, 2PC)
19. Rate Limiting & Throttling
20. Circuit Breakers, Retries, Backoff
21. Fault-Tolerant Systems
22. Observability: Logs, Metrics, Tracing
23. Consistent Hashing Deep Dive
24. Designing Scalable Services (Complete Blueprint)
System Design Case Studies
25. URL Shortener (TinyURL/Bitly)
26. Realtime Chat System (WhatsApp/Slack)
27. File Upload System (Drive, S3)
28. Notification System
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