Grokking the System Design Interview

Grokking the System Design Interview

English | MP4 | AVC 1920×1080 | AAC 44KHz 2ch | 76 Lessons (15h 19m) | 3.56 GB

System Design Interviews test how you think about scalability, reliability, and trade-offs under pressure. Grokking the System Design Interview distills the core concepts that FAANG-level engineers use every day, from load balancing and caching to data partitioning and microservices architecture.

You’ll learn how to approach open-ended design questions methodically, evaluate alternatives intelligently, and communicate like a senior architect — even if you’re still mid-career. With real-world case studies, interactive diagrams, video lessons, and structured frameworks, this course gives you the confidence to design any large-scale system from scratch.

The curriculum of this course is continually updated to reflect the latest industry trends and best practices, ensuring you stay ahead of the curve. Whether you’re interviewing at a FAANG company or any tech-driven organization, this course gives you the inside track to building the systems of tomorrow and landing the role you deserve.

Table of Contents

1 What is a System Design Interview
2 Functional vs Nonfunctional Requirements
3 What are BackoftheEnvelope Estimations
4 Things to Avoid During System Design Interview
5 System Design Basics
6 Key Characteristics of Distributed Systems
7 Load Balancing
8 Load Balancing Algorithms
9 Caching
10 Data Partitioning
11 Indexes
12 Proxies
13 Redundancy and Replication
14 SQL vs NoSQL
15 CAP Theorem
16 PACELC Theorem
17 Consistent Hashing
18 LongPolling vs WebSockets vs ServerSent Events
19 Bloom Filters
20 Quorum
21 Leader and Follower
22 Heartbeat
23 Checksum
24 Importance of Discussing Tradeoffs
25 Strong vs Eventual Consistency
26 Latency vs Throughput
27 ACID vs BASE Properties in Databases
28 ReadThrough vs WriteThrough Cache
29 Batch Processing vs Stream Processing
30 Load Balancer vs API Gateway
31 API Gateway vs Direct Service Exposure
32 Proxy vs Reverse Proxy
33 API Gateway vs Reverse Proxy
34 SQL vs NoSQL (2)
35 PrimaryReplica vs PeertoPeer Replication
36 Data Compression vs Data Deduplication
37 ServerSide Caching vs ClientSide Caching
38 REST vs RPC
39 Polling vs LongPolling vs WebSockets vs Webhooks
40 CDN Usage vs Direct Server Serving
41 Serverless Architecture vs Traditional Serverbased
42 Stateful vs Stateless Architecture
43 Hybrid Cloud Storage vs AllCloud Storage
44 Token Bucket vs Leaky Bucket
45 Read Heavy vs Write Heavy System
46 System Design Interviews A step by step guide
47 System Design Master Template
48 Designing a URL Shortening Service like TinyURL
49 Designing Pastebin
50 Designing Instagram
51 Designing Dropbox
52 Designing Facebook Messenger
53 Designing Twitter
54 Designing Youtube or Netflix
55 Designing Typeahead Suggestion
56 Designing an API Rate Limiter
57 Designing Twitter Search
58 Designing a Web Crawler
59 Designing Facebook Newsfeed
60 Designing Yelp or Nearby Friends
61 Designing Uber backend
62 Designing Ticketmaster
63 Additional Resources
64 Contact Us
65 Other courses

Videos
66 Master Template – NEW
67 URL Shortener
68 Designing Instagram – New
69 Design Dropbox
70 System Design – Designing Messenger
71 System Design Master Template
72 System Design – Designing Typeahead Suggestion
73 System Design – Web Crawler
74 System Design – Yelp & Uber
75 System Design – Yelp & Uber 2
76 System Design – Designing Ticketmaster Video

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