System Design Roadmap - Advanced

Follow this step-by-step roadmap to master system_design at Advanced level

1

Advanced Distributed Systems

4 weeks

▹CAP Theorem Deep Dive
▹Paxos & Raft Consensus
▹Distributed Transactions
▹Event Sourcing & CQRS
▹Vector Clocks & Lamport Timestamps

2

Microservices & Architecture Patterns

3 weeks

▹Monolithic vs Microservices
▹Service Discovery
▹API Gateway Patterns
▹Circuit Breaker Pattern
▹Event-Driven Architecture

3

Performance & Optimization

2 weeks

▹CDN Advanced Usage
▹Database Indexing & Partitioning
▹Query Optimization
▹Performance Benchmarking
▹Scalability Testing

4

Security & System Design

2 weeks

▹Authentication & Authorization
▹OAuth 2.0 & JWT
▹Data Encryption (at rest & in transit)
▹Rate Limiting for Security
▹DDoS Protection Strategies

5

Case Studies

4 weeks

▹Design a URL Shortener
▹Design Instagram
▹Design WhatsApp
▹Design YouTube
▹Design Payment System

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