Is this a video course?

No. This is an interactive, slide-based learning platform. Each lesson has rich text, animated diagrams, live code editors, and quizzes. You learn by reading, interacting, and doing, not by watching videos passively.

How long do I have access?

Forever. Both pricing tiers are one-time payments with lifetime access. This includes all current 766 lessons and any future content we add.

What level of experience do I need?

None. We start from absolute basics like 'What is latency?' and build up to distributed consensus protocols. The Foundation level assumes zero prior knowledge of system design.

How much does the system design course cost?

5 US dollars for lifetime access globally, or 299 Indian rupees for lifetime access in India. One-time payment, no subscription, no hidden fees. 11 lessons are free with no signup required.

What technologies are covered?

Everything from DNS and load balancers to Kubernetes, Kafka, distributed databases, consensus protocols, stream processing, security architecture, and observability. We cover principles and real-world implementations used at Netflix, Google, Amazon, Uber, Stripe, and more.

Is this useful for system design interview preparation?

Yes. The lessons are structured around the exact topics asked in system design interviews at FAANG and top-tier companies. Interactive diagrams help you practice whiteboard-style explanations. Covers everything from URL shortener design to distributed payment systems.

How is this different from ByteByteGo or Educative?

766 interactive lessons (4x more than most competitors), 16 different diagram types that build step by step, real production examples from Netflix, Google, Amazon, Uber, and Stripe, and lifetime access for a one-time payment of 5 dollars instead of annual subscriptions costing 100 to 200 dollars per year.

Foundation Level

Name: System Design Masterclass
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Core building blocks of system design. Master these before moving forward.

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caching-strategies36 lessons

1Local CacheFree10 min
2Application CacheFree12 min
3Browser CachingFree14 min
4Client-Side CachingFree10 min
5Time-to-Live (TTL)Free12 min
MemoizationLocked17 min
Application-Level CachingLocked12 min
Server-Side CachingLocked12 min
Database Query CachingLocked15 min
Result Set CachingLocked12 min
Cache Eviction Policies (LRU, LFU, FIFO)Locked25 min
Cache InvalidationLocked20 min
Lazy LoadingLocked15 min
Eager LoadingLocked14 min
PrefetchingLocked15 min
Predictive PrefetchingLocked18 min
Cache WarmingLocked16 min
Cache-Aside PatternLocked20 min
Read-Through CacheLocked20 min
Write-Through CacheLocked20 min
Write-Back CacheLocked28 min
Refresh-Ahead CacheLocked22 min
Cache Stampede PreventionLocked25 min
Remote CacheLocked22 min
Edge CachingLocked20 min
Fragment CachingLocked18 min
Distributed CacheLocked25 min
Redis CacheLocked30 min
MemcachedLocked22 min
Varnish CacheLocked20 min
HazelcastLocked15 min
Apache IgniteLocked15 min
CoherenceLocked14 min
EhcacheLocked14 min
Caffeine CacheLocked15 min
Guava CacheLocked12 min

core-fundamentals26 lessons

1LatencyFree14 min
2ThroughputFree10 min
3BandwidthFree8 min
4Synchronous ProcessingFree14 min
5Asynchronous ProcessingFree18 min
JSON SchemaLocked10 min
XML SchemaLocked10 min
Input ValidationLocked16 min
Output EncodingLocked14 min
REST APILocked28 min
API Documentation (Swagger/OpenAPI)Locked18 min
Semantic VersioningLocked10 min
Connection TimeoutLocked12 min
Request TimeoutLocked10 min
Session ManagementLocked22 min
Stateless vs Stateful SystemsLocked30 min
IdempotencyLocked28 min
ScalabilityLocked32 min
Vertical ScalingLocked20 min
Horizontal ScalingLocked32 min
ElasticityLocked14 min
Load BalancingLocked28 min
CachingLocked30 min
ACID PropertiesLocked25 min
BASE PropertiesLocked22 min
SQL vs NoSQLLocked35 min

database-fundamentals31 lessons

Database ViewsLocked12 min
Database FunctionsLocked14 min
Soft DeleteLocked12 min
Hard DeleteLocked8 min
Database IndexingLocked25 min
Database NormalizationLocked25 min
Database DenormalizationLocked18 min
B-TreesLocked25 min
Query OptimizationLocked22 min
Stored ProceduresLocked15 min
Database TriggersLocked15 min
Materialized ViewsLocked18 min
Database Connection PoolingLocked18 min
Read ReplicasLocked22 min
Versioned DataLocked15 min
Temporal TablesLocked15 min
TombstoningLocked14 min
Index RebuildingLocked14 min
VacuumLocked18 min
CompactionLocked18 min
Database ReplicationLocked20 min
Master-Slave ReplicationLocked18 min
Master-Master ReplicationLocked18 min
Table PartitioningLocked18 min
Vertical PartitioningLocked14 min
Horizontal PartitioningLocked15 min
Range PartitioningLocked15 min
Hash PartitioningLocked15 min
List PartitioningLocked13 min
Composite PartitioningLocked14 min
Database ShardingLocked35 min

load-balancing-proxies26 lessons

1DNS (Domain Name System)Free22 min
Unicast RoutingLocked8 min
BroadcastLocked8 min
MulticastLocked10 min
Anycast RoutingLocked14 min
Forward ProxyLocked18 min
Reverse ProxyLocked22 min
Load Balancer AlgorithmsLocked30 min
DNS Load BalancingLocked18 min
Sticky SessionsLocked18 min
Session AffinityLocked12 min
Affinity RoutingLocked12 min
Path-Based RoutingLocked12 min
Host-Based RoutingLocked10 min
Header-Based RoutingLocked10 min
Weighted RoutingLocked12 min
Geolocation RoutingLocked15 min
Latency-Based RoutingLocked12 min
Failover RoutingLocked15 min
Multi-Value RoutingLocked10 min
Traffic SplittingLocked18 min
Traffic MirroringLocked18 min
Connection DrainingLocked15 min
API GatewayLocked30 min
Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB)Locked22 min
Content Delivery Network (CDN)Locked30 min