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Master
System Design

A structured roadmap to go from developer to architect.From basic scalability to complex distributed systems.

10 Phases
Quizzes Included
Real Case Studies

Understand

Clear explanations with simple analogies, avoiding unnecessary jargon.

Visualize

Detailed architecture diagrams for every key concept.

Practice

Hands-on exercises to apply the theory immediately.

The Journey

PHASE 01

Fundamentals

Beginner

Lay the foundations: vocabulary, distributed systems basics, scalability trade-offs, and latency.

Distributed SystemsScalability V vs HLatency vs ThroughputMonolith vs Microservices
Start Module
PHASE 02

Scalability & LB

Intermediate

Handle increasing traffic: load balancers, CDNs, routing strategies, and session management.

Load Balancers (L4 vs L7)Round-robin & HashingSticky sessionsCDN & Edge Caching
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PHASE 03

Databases

Intermediate

Understand how data is stored, replicated, partitioned, and retrieved at scale.

ACID vs BASEReplication PatternsSharding & PartitioningB-Tree vs LSM
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PHASE 04

Distributed Systems

Advanced

Dive into the core: CAP theorem, consensus algorithms, messaging queues, and consistency models.

CAP TheoremEventual ConsistencyMessage Queues (Kafka)Consensus (Raft/Paxos)
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PHASE 05

Resilience

Advanced

Design robust systems: redundancy, failover, disaster recovery, and resilience patterns.

Circuit BreakerRate LimitingDisaster RecoveryBulkhead Pattern
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PHASE 06+

Advanced & Real World

Senior

Optimize performance, cloud-native patterns, Kubernetes, and real-world case studies (Uber, Twitter).

Golden SignalsKubernetes & DockerCQRS & Event SourcingCase Studies (Uber/Netflix)
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Is this for me?

This roadmap is designed to be modular. You don't need to be an expert. If you know the basics of web development (HTTP, APIs, databases), you are ready to start.