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LearnArchitecture & SystemsProduction System Design Mastery
Architecture & SystemsLevel: advanced

Production System Design Mastery

A complete beginner-to-advanced System Design curriculum covering fundamentals, networking, databases, caching, distributed systems, scalability, reliability, security, architecture patterns, and real-world system case studies.

33 Chapters~26h DurationSelf-Paced
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What You Will Master

High-Scale Application Architecture
Load Balancing & Reverse Proxies
Database Replication & Sharding
Distributed Caching Topologies
Message Queues & Kafka Streaming
CAP Theorem & Consistency Models
Distributed Transactions & Consensus
Fault Tolerance & High Availability

Prerequisites

  • Basic programming & data structures
  • Fundamental understanding of client-server architecture

Course Curriculum

Complete 33 chapters sequentially or jump to a specific topic.

33 Lessons Available
01

Chapter 00 — System Design Roadmap & Fundamentals

16 min read•Chapter 1
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02

System Design — Zero to Hero

4 min read•Chapter 2
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03

Chapter 01 — How a Web Application Works

19 min read•Chapter 3
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04

Chapter 02 — Networking Fundamentals

24 min read•Chapter 4
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05

Chapter 03 — DNS Deep Dive

22 min read•Chapter 5
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06

Chapter 04 — HTTP & API Design

33 min read•Chapter 6
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07

Chapter 05 — Servers & Application Architecture

25 min read•Chapter 7
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08

Chapter 06 — Scaling Applications

26 min read•Chapter 8
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09

Chapter 07 — Load Balancers

28 min read•Chapter 9
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10

Chapter 08 — CDN & Edge Computing

27 min read•Chapter 10
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11

Chapter 09 — Database Fundamentals

34 min read•Chapter 11
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12

Chapter 10 — SQL Databases

34 min read•Chapter 12
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13

Chapter 11 — NoSQL Databases

29 min read•Chapter 13
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14

Chapter 12 — Database Indexing

32 min read•Chapter 14
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15

Chapter 13 — Database Replication

27 min read•Chapter 15
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16

Chapter 14 — Database Partitioning & Sharding

25 min read•Chapter 16
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17

Chapter 15 — Caching Fundamentals

26 min read•Chapter 17
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18

Chapter 16 — Advanced Caching

25 min read•Chapter 18
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19

Chapter 17 — Storage Systems

27 min read•Chapter 19
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20

Chapter 18 — File Upload & Media Systems

25 min read•Chapter 20
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21

Chapter 19 — Message Queues

28 min read•Chapter 21
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22

Chapter 20 — Kafka & Event Streaming

29 min read•Chapter 22
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23

Chapter 21 — Event-Driven Architecture

25 min read•Chapter 23
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24

Chapter 22 — Distributed Systems Fundamentals

33 min read•Chapter 24
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25

Chapter 23 — CAP Theorem

21 min read•Chapter 25
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26

Chapter 24 — Consistency Models

23 min read•Chapter 26
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27

Chapter 25 — Distributed Transactions

23 min read•Chapter 27
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28

Chapter 26 — Distributed Coordination

24 min read•Chapter 28
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29

Chapter 27 — High Availability

25 min read•Chapter 29
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30

Chapter 28 — Fault Tolerance

22 min read•Chapter 30
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31

Chapter 29 — Disaster Recovery

28 min read•Chapter 31
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32

Chapter 30 — System Design Security Fundamentals

27 min read•Chapter 32
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33

Chapter 31 — Secure Distributed Systems

19 min read•Chapter 33
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