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System Design Fundamentals

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Master System Design concepts from basics to advanced.

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20 Modules167 Lectures28hr 10 mins HD Content

Lecture 1

Database Types

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Database Types - Comprehensive guide for System Design Fundamentals.

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Lecture 2

SQL vs NoSQL

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SQL vs NoSQL - Comprehensive guide for System Design Fundamentals.

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Lecture 3

ACID Transactions

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ACID Transactions - Comprehensive guide for System Design Fundamentals.

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Lecture 4

Relational Databases

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Relational Databases - Comprehensive guide for System Design Fundamentals.

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Lecture 5

Document Databases

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Document Databases - Comprehensive guide for System Design Fundamentals.

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Lecture 6

Key-Value Stores

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Key-Value Stores - Comprehensive guide for System Design Fundamentals.

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Lecture 7

Wide Column Databases

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Wide Column Databases - Comprehensive guide for System Design Fundamentals.

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Lecture 8

Graph Databases

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Graph Databases - Comprehensive guide for System Design Fundamentals.

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Lecture 9

Time Series Databases

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Time Series Databases - Comprehensive guide for System Design Fundamentals.

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Lecture 10

Full-Text Search Engines

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Full-Text Search Engines - Comprehensive guide for System Design Fundamentals.

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Lecture 11

Vector Databases

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Lecture 12

Bloom Filters

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Bloom Filters - Comprehensive guide for System Design Fundamentals.

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Lecture 13

B-Trees and B+ Trees

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B-Trees and B+ Trees - Comprehensive guide for System Design Fundamentals.

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Lecture 14

LSM Trees

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LSM Trees - Comprehensive guide for System Design Fundamentals.

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Lecture 15

How Databases Guarantee Durability

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Lecture 16

Quiz

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Deep Context

System Design Fundamentals

Master System Design concepts from basics to advanced.

Course Overview

This course provides a comprehensive deep dive into System Design Fundamentals. Each module is designed to build your knowledge from the ground up, ensuring you master all core concepts.

What you’ll learn

Master core concepts of System Design Fundamentals
Understand real-world applications and architectural patterns
Prepare for technical interviews with industry-standard knowledge
Practical insights and best practices

Study Strategy

Follow the modules in sequence.
Take notes on key architectural tradeoffs.
Review the "Launching soon" placeholders as they get updated.

System Design Fundamentals

Full Syllabus

Course Introduction

What is System Design?

Top 30 System Design Concepts

Scalability

Availability

Reliability

Single Point of Failure (SPOF)

Latency vs Throughput vs Bandwidth

Consistent Hashing

CAP Theorem

Consistency Models

Quiz

OSI Model

IP Address

TCP vs UDP

HTTP/HTTPS

Domain Name System (DNS)

Checksums

Proxy vs Reverse Proxy

Quiz

What are Load Balancers?

Load Balancing Algorithms

DNS Load Balancing

Anycast Routing

What is an API?

Idempotency

Data Formats

API Architectural Styles

REST API Design

GraphQL Deep Dive

gRPC Deep Dive

Quiz

API Gateways

Rate Limiting

Authentication vs Authorization

Session vs Token Based Auth

JWT

OAuth / OAuth2

Single Sign-On (SSO)

Long Polling

WebSockets

Server-Sent Events (SSE)

Webhooks

WebRTC

Sync vs Async Communication

Message Queues

Pub/Sub

Change Data Capture (CDC)

Delivery Semantics

Dead Letter Queues

What is Caching?

Cache-Aside Pattern

Read-Through vs Write-Through

Write-Behind Cache

Caching Strategies Summary

Cache Eviction Policies

Content Delivery Network (CDN)

Distributed Cache Architecture

Cache Invalidation

Cache Stampede

Cache Warming

Quiz

Database Types

SQL vs NoSQL

ACID Transactions

Relational Databases

Document Databases

Key-Value Stores

Wide Column Databases

Graph Databases

Time Series Databases

Full-Text Search Engines

Vector Databases

Bloom Filters

B-Trees and B+ Trees

LSM Trees

How Databases Guarantee Durability

Quiz