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Caching
Databases — SQL vs NoSQL
Message Queues & Async Processing
API Design & Communication
CDNs, Blob Storage & Search

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Building Blocks5

Caching
Databases — SQL vs NoSQL
Message Queues & Async Processing
API Design & Communication
CDNs, Blob Storage & Search

Distributed Patterns4

Learn System DesignBuilding Blocks

Building Blocks

5 lessons

1
Caching
Keep hot data close to the reader, and handle the two hard parts — invalidation and eviction.
10 min read
2
Databases — SQL vs NoSQL
Choose a data store based on access patterns and consistency needs rather than on which one is fashionable.
11 min read
3
Message Queues & Async Processing
Stop making users wait for slow work by handing it to a queue and doing it in the background.
10 min read
4
API Design & Communication
How the pieces of a system talk to each other, and how to pick between REST, GraphQL, gRPC and WebSockets.
11 min read
5
CDNs, Blob Storage & Search
Serve files from near the user, store them somewhere sensible, and make text searchable.
10 min read

Building Blocks Quiz17 questions · pass mark 60%