System Architecture: From Zero to Hero

The System Architecture course is comprehensive from basic to advanced, helping you master how to design large-scale systems. Includes fundamental knowledge of Scalability, Availability, Consistency, architectural patterns such as Microservices, Event-Driven, CQRS, along with infrastructure components such as Load Balancer, CDN, Caching, Message Queues, Database Scaling. The course combines theory with real-life case studies from Netflix, Uber, Twitter and other large systems. Updated according to modern architectural trends 2026.

Part 1: System Design Foundation

Lesson 1: What is System Design? - Overview and Roadmap90 min Lesson 2: Performance vs Scalability - Vertical & Horizontal Scaling120 min Lesson 3: Latency vs Throughput and Availability vs Consistency150 min Lesson 4: Networking Fundamentals for System Design130 min

Part 2: Infrastructure Components

Lesson 5: Load Balancer - Intelligent load distribution150 min Lesson 6: CDN (Content Delivery Network) - Global acceleration120 min Lesson 7: Caching Strategies - Optimize performance with Cache180 min Lesson 8: Reverse Proxy and API Gateway150 min

Part 3: Database Architecture & Data Management

Lesson 9: SQL vs NoSQL - Choose the right Database160 min Lesson 10: Database Replication - Master-Slave & Master-Master150 min Lesson 11: Database Sharding & Partitioning160 min Lesson 12: Data Storage Patterns - Object Storage, Data Lake, Time-Series140 min

Part 4: Asynchronous Processing & Communication

Lesson 13: Message Queues & Task Queues160 min Lesson 14: Event-Driven Architecture160 min Lesson 15: Stream Processing & Real-time Data Pipelines150 min

Part 5: Architectural Patterns

Lesson 16: Monolith to Microservices160 min Lesson 17: Service Communication Patterns150 min Lesson 18: Domain-Driven Design for System Architecture150 min Lesson 19: Serverless & Cloud-Native Architecture140 min

Part 6: Reliability, Security & Observability

Lesson 20: High Availability & Fault Tolerance150 min Lesson 21: Disaster Recovery & Multi-Region Architecture150 min Lesson 22: Security Architecture - Defense in Depth170 min Lesson 23: Observability - Monitoring, Logging & Tracing160 min

Part 7: System Design Case Studies

Lesson 24: Case Study - Designing URL Shortener140 min Lesson 25: Case Study - Chat System Design160 min Lesson 26: Case Study - Designing News Feed System150 min Lesson 27: Case Study - Designing Video Streaming Platform160 min Lesson 28: Case Study - Design of Ride-Sharing Platform160 min Lesson 29: Case Study - E-Commerce Platform Design170 min

Part 8: Production-Ready Architecture

Lesson 30: Architecture Decision Records & Production Checklist120 min