System design interview sprint

Before you start

• Comfortable with databases, caching and queues at a basic level

What you will cover

• Capacity estimation
• Trade-offs and consistency
• Designing common systems

The curriculum

1. Caching and Performance

   • Caching Fundamentals
   • Caching Strategies
   • Cache Eviction and Invalidation
   • Multi-Level Caching
   • Caching for Web Apps and Databases
   • Performance Bottlenecks and Identifying Them
   • Scaling Strategies and Batch Processing
   • Concurrency and Parallelism
   • Profiling and Performance Testing
   • Capstone Project — Caching and Performance

2. Distributed Systems Patterns

   • Idempotency in Practice
   • Distributed Locking
   • Distributed Transactions and Two-Phase Commit
   • The Saga Pattern
   • CQRS
   • Event Sourcing
   • Consensus and Coordination
   • Durable Workflow Orchestration
   • Capstone Project — Distributed Systems Patterns

3. System Design Interview Practice

   • Capacity Estimation and Back-of-Envelope Math
   • The System Design Interview Framework
   • Designing a URL Shortener
   • Designing a Rate Limiter
   • Designing a Distributed Cache and Key-Value Store
   • Designing a News Feed or Social Timeline
   • Designing a Chat and Notification System
   • Designing a Video Streaming or Large-Scale Search System
   • Capstone Project — System Design Interview Practice