System Design Mastery Roadmap
Master the art of building scalable systems. Learn from real-world examples and design patterns used by top tech companies like Google, Netflix, and Amazon.
System Design Fundamentals
Concept | Status |
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Core Concepts | |
Scalability Principles | |
Reliability & Availability | |
Consistency Models | |
CAP Theorem | |
ACID vs BASE | |
Trade-offs in System Design | |
Performance Metrics | |
Latency vs Throughput | |
Response Time SLAs | |
Capacity Planning | |
Performance Monitoring |
Load Balancing & Caching
Concept | Status |
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Load Balancing | |
Layer 4 vs Layer 7 Load Balancing | |
Round Robin Algorithm | |
Weighted Round Robin | |
Least Connections | |
IP Hash Load Balancing | |
Health Checks & Failover | |
Caching Strategies | |
Cache-Aside Pattern | |
Write-Through Caching | |
Write-Behind (Write-Back) Caching | |
Refresh-Ahead Caching | |
Cache Eviction Policies (LRU, LFU, FIFO) | |
Distributed Caching (Redis, Memcached) | |
CDN & Edge Caching |
Database Design & Management
Concept | Status |
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SQL Databases | |
RDBMS Design Principles | |
Database Normalization | |
ACID Properties | |
Indexing Strategies | |
Query Optimization | |
Database Partitioning | |
NoSQL Databases | |
Document Databases (MongoDB) | |
Key-Value Stores (DynamoDB, Redis) | |
Column-Family (Cassandra, HBase) | |
Graph Databases (Neo4j) | |
CAP Theorem in NoSQL | |
Database Scaling | |
Master-Slave Replication | |
Master-Master Replication | |
Database Sharding | |
Federation (Functional Partitioning) | |
Database Denormalization |
Microservices & API Design
Concept | Status |
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Microservices Architecture | |
Microservices vs Monolith | |
Service Decomposition Strategies | |
Domain-Driven Design (DDD) | |
Bounded Contexts | |
Data Management in Microservices | |
Service Communication | |
Synchronous Communication (REST, GraphQL) | |
Asynchronous Communication (Message Queues) | |
Service Mesh (Istio, Linkerd) | |
API Gateway Pattern | |
Circuit Breaker Pattern | |
Saga Pattern | |
API Design | |
RESTful API Design Principles | |
API Versioning Strategies | |
Rate Limiting & Throttling | |
API Authentication & Authorization | |
GraphQL vs REST |
Message Queues & Event-Driven Architecture
Concept | Status |
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Message Queues | |
Queue vs Topic vs Exchange | |
Message Brokers (RabbitMQ, Apache Kafka) | |
Message Ordering & Partitioning | |
Dead Letter Queues | |
Message Durability & Persistence | |
Event-Driven Architecture | |
Event Sourcing | |
CQRS (Command Query Responsibility Segregation) | |
Event Store Design | |
Publish-Subscribe Pattern | |
Event Schema Evolution | |
Stream Processing | |
Apache Kafka Streams | |
Apache Storm | |
Real-time vs Batch Processing | |
Stream Windowing |
Distributed Systems
Concept | Status |
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Consensus Algorithms | |
Raft Consensus Algorithm | |
Paxos Algorithm | |
Byzantine Fault Tolerance | |
Leader Election | |
Consistency & Replication | |
Strong vs Eventual Consistency | |
Vector Clocks | |
Merkle Trees | |
Gossip Protocol | |
Quorum-based Systems | |
Distributed Data | |
Consistent Hashing | |
Data Partitioning Strategies | |
Distributed Transactions | |
Two-Phase Commit (2PC) | |
Three-Phase Commit (3PC) |
Security & Monitoring
Concept | Status |
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Security Fundamentals | |
Authentication vs Authorization | |
OAuth 2.0 & OpenID Connect | |
JWT (JSON Web Tokens) | |
HTTPS/TLS Implementation | |
API Security Best Practices | |
Data Encryption (At Rest & In Transit) | |
Monitoring & Observability | |
Metrics, Logs, and Traces | |
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) | |
Distributed Tracing | |
Health Checks & Alerting | |
Log Aggregation & Analysis | |
SLI/SLO/SLA Definition |
Real-world System Design
Concept | Status |
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Large-Scale Systems | |
Design a URL Shortener (like Bit.ly) | |
Design a Social Media Feed (like Twitter) | |
Design a Chat System (like WhatsApp) | |
Design a Video Streaming Platform (like YouTube) | |
Design a Ride-sharing Service (like Uber) | |
Design a Search Engine (like Google) | |
E-commerce & Payment Systems | |
Design an E-commerce Platform | |
Design a Payment Processing System | |
Design an Online Banking System | |
Design a Digital Wallet | |
Content & Media Systems | |
Design a Content Delivery Network (CDN) | |
Design a News Feed Aggregator | |
Design a Photo Sharing Service (like Instagram) | |
Design a Music Streaming Service (like Spotify) |