System Design
Foundations

Learn How Senior Engineers Think About Systems

System design is about reasoning under constraints. Learn the foundational principles that power large-scale distributed systems in this free foundational course.

System Design Architecture

What You Will Learn

Master the core building blocks of scalable, reliable, and performant systems.

Foundations

  • 7-Step Framework
  • Requirements Analysis
  • CAP Theorem
  • Trade-offs & Reasoning

Architecture

  • Monolith vs Microservices
  • Stateless vs Stateful
  • Scaling (Vertical vs Horizontal)

System Qualities

  • Availability & Reliability
  • Performance & Latency
  • Security & Cost

Who This Course Is For

Designed for engineers looking to level up their architectural thinking.

Cloud Engineers
DevOps Engineers
SREs
Platform Engineers
Software Engineers
Solution Architects

How We Learn

A structured approach to mastering complex systems.

01

Concept

02

Architecture

03

Real-World Example

04

Trade-offs

05

Production Thinking

06

Interview Thinking