Software Architecture & System Design Practical Case Studies

Design Real-life Large Scale Systems, Practice Modern Software Architecture & Prepare for a System Design Interview

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Oct 2023
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What you will learn

Apply Industry-Proven Software Architecture Patterns

Become a Software Architect or Technical Lead at your Company

Practice the System Design Process for your System Design Interview

Design Highly Scalable, Fault Tolerant and Performant Systems

Gain Invaluable Experience Architecting Real-life, Distributed, Large Scale Systems

Description

Do you want to gain real-life experience in modern Software Architecture and the design of Large Scale Systems?

Are you preparing for a System Design Interview and want to guarantee your success?

You came to the right place!

This course is a unique collection of Large Scale System Design Case Studies similar to real systems run by companies like Google, Amazon, Netflix, Meta, Slack, etc.

In each case study, we will:

  • Start with an ambiguous, high-level requirement to design and architect a brand new, real-life system.

  • Follow a methodical, step-by-step system design process.

  • Apply Industry-Proven Software Architecture techniques and patterns successfully used by top tech companies.

  • Finish with software architecture diagrams, well-defined technical requirements, and API.

Throughout the course, you will practice how to design and architect complex, large-scale systems that scale to millions of users and handle petabytes of data daily.

All the case studies were carefully picked to practice a wide range of software architecture techniques and patterns, which you can later apply to your projects or System Design Interviews.

By the end of the course, you will:

  • Be fully prepared for an upcoming System Design Interview.

  • Gain real practical experience in designing modern, highly scalable, fault-tolerant, and performant systems.

  • Have full confidence in applying the system design process to tackle any system design problem in real life.

This course is perfect for you if:

  • You already know the fundamentals of Software Architecture and want real, practical experience in designing complex, large-scale systems from scratch

  • You want to become a Software Architect / Cloud Architect or a senior member of technical staff, such as a Senior / Principal Software Engineer or Technical Lead.

  • You are preparing for a System Design Interview and want to stun your interviewer with the depth of your software architecture knowledge and stand out from other candidates who memorized different tricks and watched a bunch of YouTube videos.

So what are you waiting for? :)

Let's get started!


FAQ

- How is this course different from other System Design or Software Architecture courses?

Many courses teach the fundamental building blocks for system design and software architecture. However, just knowing those building blocks is not enough. Real-life large-scale systems are very complex, and designing them takes practice and experience. This course is all about practice and gaining that experience. So, when you are faced with a real project where you need to apply your software architecture and system design skills, you know exactly what to do and what process to follow.


- Does this course involve coding?

No! This course is on practical software architecture and system design, which is universal and is not tied to a specific programming language, cloud vendor, or technology stack. Throughout the course, you will master the important skill of thinking on a higher-level abstraction, which is critical for success in your company's system design interviews and technical leadership.


- Is this course only for Software Architects?

No! This course is for software engineers on any level who aspire to accelerate their career growth and practice software architecture and system design. This course is also perfect for people with technical leadership positions, such as Senior/Principle/Staff Engineers, Technical Leads, Technical Engineering Managers, or Software Architects, to practice and improve their skills. DevOps engineers, SREs, and QA engineers will also gain a lot of value from this course.


- Will this course cover any Cloud Computing concepts or Cloud Technologies?

Since in this course, we design and architect modern, large-scale systems, we use many cloud computing and distributed computing principles and patterns. Also, while this course doesn't cover any particular cloud vendor or technology, all the software architecture diagrams can easily be implemented and deployed on any cloud vendor, such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Provider (GCP), Microsoft Azure, and so on. To help you with that, each section contains links and resources to the relevant cloud vendors' services and cloud technologies to help you apply the design to the relevant technology stack. Links to open-source solutions are also provided.

Content

Introduction

Introduction to Software Architecture & System Design Case Studies

Design a Highly Scalable Image Sharing Social Media Platform

System Design of a Highly Scalable Image Sharing Platform - Part 1
System Design of a Highly Scalable Image Sharing Platform - Part 2
System Design of a Highly Scalable Image Sharing Platform - Part 3
System Design of a Highly Scalable Image Sharing Platform - Quiz
Highly Scalable Image Sharing Platform - Additional Resources

Design a Video-On-Demand (VOD) Streaming Service

Software Architecture & System Design of a VOD Streaming Service - Part 1
Software Architecture & System Design of a VOD Streaming Service - Part 2
Software Architecture & System Design of a VOD Streaming Service - Part 3
Software Architecture & System Design of a VOD Streaming Service - Quiz
Video on Demand Streaming Solutions - Additional Resources

Design a Highly Scalable, Real-Time Instant Messaging Service

Software Architecture & System Design of a Real-Time Instant Messaging - Part 1
Software Architecture & System Design of a Real-Time Instant Messaging - Part 2
Software Architecture & System Design of a Real-Time Instant Messaging - Part 3
Software Architecture & System Design of a Real-Time Instant Messaging - Quiz
Real-Time Instant Messaging - Additional Resources

Design a Typeahead / Autocomplete for a Search Engine

System Design a Highly Scalable Typeahead Service for a Search Engine - Part 1
System Design a Highly Scalable Typeahead Service for a Search Engine - Part 2
System Design a Highly Scalable Typeahead Service for a Search Engine - Part 3
System Design a Highly Scalable Typeahead Service for a Search Engine - Quiz
Typeahead Service for a Search Engine - Additional Resources

Design a Scalable Ride Sharing Service

Software Architecture & Design of a Scalable Rideshare Service - Part 1
Software Architecture & Design of a Scalable Rideshare Service - Part 2
Software Architecture & Design of a Scalable Rideshare Service - Part 3
Software Architecture & Design of a Scalable Rideshare Service - Part 4
Software Architecture & Design of a Scalable Rideshare Service - Part 5
Software Architecture & Design of a Scalable Rideshare Service - Quiz
Scalable Rideshare Service - Additional Resources

System Design Final Tips

Final Tips for System Design Interview

Bonus Section

Bonus Lecture - Lets Keep Learning

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Reviews

Anonymized
August 11, 2023
This course provides a step by step way to tackle system design issues that's both logical and easy to understand. Granted it does not mean one can solve every single system design problem but it does give confidence on how to go about doing it. I highly recommend anyone to take this course as part of their system design journey.
Fouzia
July 29, 2023
Again a great course. However, in all the 7 designs the author covered only 3 of the performance capabilities. It would have been a good addition if others were covered as well, atleast in few of the designs.
Anonymized
July 26, 2023
It's really fluid. You make it seem easy. Lots of prior knowledge needed and in-depth knowledge (geohash etc) but it's worth the learning journey. thanks!
Maksym
July 15, 2023
It's an amazing story when you pass 2 courses, write a feedback that cases would be great to have - and come on, in several months here is the great course on cases. The solutions are well explained, and their elegance shows up through the complexity of requirements combination, unraveling step by step. Many thanks, Michael! Feel like now Must now learn Java in order to have motivation to take your other courses))
Andrea
July 5, 2023
Very good examples were chosen and clearly described. For the design interview good structure template. Here it would be great to have example questions to understand for serious decisions what is important to the customer (achievability or consistency) and why because from experience the customer wants everything. How do I find out what his real need is?
Sébastien
June 13, 2023
The different business use case are interesting. I would have appreciated a little more detail on the technological choices.
Hafiz
June 10, 2023
That's a great point. It would be helpful to have a section on how to approach and comprehend unfamiliar systems. The author seems to have no difficulty in defining functional and non-functional requirements.
Miguel
June 8, 2023
A lot of value in the content of this course and very well-explained scenarios and how to tackle them!
Sivaprakash
May 30, 2023
Awesome course as your choice of case studies cover various challenges. One thing I observed during the course is that you simply called out the services by looking at the API and everything appeared to be simple and straightforward. But I felt some more options could be discussed as this would be challenging when we design or carve out services from the API definitions. Also, Database choices like NoSQL, SQL, ... (without much discussion), are made. It would have been even better if it was explained why such decisions are made for each service.
Viktor
May 26, 2023
This course is exactly what it says in the title and I liked the use of examples to show what questions to ask when gathering requirements, and what kind of solutions the lecturer might think of to address them. The only area I could see for improvement is an explanation near the beginning of some of the design patterns used (CQRS especially, as it's referred to several times in the course). Some patterns were explained in the latter lectures though.
Zachary
May 22, 2023
I wish instead of telling us the design choices you are making, you discuss multiple different design choices you could possibly make, compare contrast them, and then explain your choice. There's not enough of an explanation as to "why" you're doing something specific to optimize performance as compared to something else.
Miroslaw
May 13, 2023
A very good introduction to the area of system design with a detailed explanation of the design of some of the most common types. I really recommend this to anyone interested in the topic of systems design and architecture.
Mykola
May 9, 2023
This course is well organized and structured. Each section is like starting another project on another company from the scratch. Michael's way of reasoning is clean and concise, this makes passing the course a pure pleasure.
Diptiranjan
April 17, 2023
Michael did a pretty good job in explaining the hard topics , course flow is good and recommend who wants to level up the high level design thought process.
Nick
April 13, 2023
Another masterpiece. Highly recommend for anybody looking for a clear, concise and down-to-earth training on system design.

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