System Design Guide
A comprehensive guide to system design concepts and best practices
API Design
Design robust APIs with REST, GraphQL, versioning, and rate limiting.
- API Gateway: Centralizing API Management
- API Pagination: Handling Large Data Sets
- API Versioning: Managing Change in APIs
Caching
Understand caching strategies, distributed caching, and performance optimization.
- Cache Invalidation: Managing Cache Consistency
- Cache Strategies: Optimizing Data Access Patterns
- Distributed Caching: Scaling Beyond Single-Node Limits
Databases
Explore database design, sharding, replication, and optimization techniques.
- Database Connection Pooling: Managing Resources Efficiently
- Database Indexing: Optimizing Query Performance
- Database Replication: High Availability and Read Scaling
Distributed Systems
Master consistency models, consensus algorithms, and distributed transactions.
- CAP Theorem: Understanding Distributed System Tradeoffs
- Consensus Algorithms: Agreeing in Distributed Systems
- Consistency Models in Distributed Systems
Messaging
Implement message queues, event-driven architecture, and pub/sub patterns.
- Apache Kafka: Distributed Event Streaming Platform
- Event-Driven Architecture: Building Reactive Systems
- Message Queues: Asynchronous Communication in Distributed Systems
Microservices
Build microservices with service discovery, circuit breakers, and service mesh.
- API Gateway Pattern in Microservices
- Circuit Breakers: Preventing Cascading Failures
- Microservices Architecture: Building Distributed Applications
Observability
Monitor, log, trace, and alert on your distributed systems.
- Alerting: Notifying Teams of Problems
- Distributed Tracing: Understanding Request Flows
- Logging: Recording System Events and Behaviors
Scalability
Learn about scaling systems, load balancing, and handling growth effectively.
- Auto-Scaling: Dynamic Resource Management
- Content Delivery Networks: Distributing Content Globally
- Elastic Scaling: Building Flexible Infrastructure
Security
Secure your systems with authentication, authorization, and encryption.
- API Security: Protecting Web Services
- Authentication and Authorization: Securing Access
- Encryption: Protecting Data Confidentiality
Storage
Choose the right storage solutions: object, blob, file systems, and data lakes.
- Blob Storage: Binary Large Object Management
- Block Storage: High-Performance Persistent Storage
- Data Lakes: Centralized Repository for All Data