Curriculum
Complete System Design Course Syllabus
See every module and lesson — plus the practice bank, mock interviews, and the exact interview framework you’ll use for any system design prompt.
10 Modulesstructured
48 Lessons36 hours
Mock Interviews12 scored
Practice Bank200+
10
Course Modules
48
Video Lessons (36hrs)
200+
Practice Problems
12
Scored Mock Interviews
Full Syllabus
Every Module, Every Lesson
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01
The Interview Framework & Mindset
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- 🎥 Welcome & Course Roadmap 12 min
- 🎥 The 6-Step System Design Framework 38 min
- 🎥 How Interviewers Score: The Rubric Revealed 28 min
- 🎥 Communication Strategies That Impress 32 min
- ✏️ Practice: Framework Walkthrough (3 Problems) 30 min
🎯 Outcome: You’ll internalize the 6-step framework and structure any system design discussion with clarity.
02
Scalability & Load Balancing in .NET
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- 🎥 Horizontal vs Vertical Scaling — When to Use Each 34 min
- 🎥 Load Balancing Strategies with ASP.NET Core 42 min
- 🎥 Request Routing & Health Checks 30 min
- 🎥 Handling Traffic Spikes: Rate Limiting & Throttling 36 min
- ✏️ Practice: Design a High-Traffic API (5 Problems) 38 min
🎯 Outcome: Master scaling patterns and discuss load balancing trade-offs in .NET-specific contexts.
03
Database Design & Data Modeling at Scale
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- 🎥 SQL vs NoSQL: Making the Right Call 40 min
- 🎥 EF Core at Scale: Avoiding the N+1 Trap 44 min
- 🎥 Indexing Strategies and Query Optimization 38 min
- 🎥 Data Replication & Read Replicas 36 min
- ✏️ Practice: Design a Data Layer (5 Problems) 42 min
🎯 Outcome: Choose between SQL and NoSQL with confidence and design data layers that scale.
04
Distributed Systems & Consensus
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- 🎥 CAP Theorem: Beyond the Textbook 46 min
- 🎥 Consistency Models: Strong, Eventual, CRDT 42 min
- 🎥 Leader Election & Consensus Algorithms 40 min
- 🎥 Sharding Strategies with Real Examples 38 min
- ✏️ Practice: Distributed System Problems (6 Problems) 44 min
🎯 Outcome: Speak fluently about distributed systems trade-offs — the #1 differentiator in senior interviews.
05
Caching & Performance Optimization
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- 🎥 Caching Patterns: Redis, In-Memory, Distributed 44 min
- 🎥 Cache Invalidation — The Hard Problem 38 min
- 🎥 CDN Strategy & Edge Caching 34 min
- ✏️ Practice: Caching Design Problems (5 Problems) 54 min
🎯 Outcome: Design multi-layer caching strategies and explain invalidation trade-offs like an expert.
06
API Design & Microservices Communication
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- 🎥 REST vs gRPC vs GraphQL — When to Use What 40 min
- 🎥 API Gateway Patterns with ASP.NET Core 38 min
- 🎥 Service-to-Service Auth & Security 34 min
- 🎥 Versioning, Rate Limiting, and Circuit Breakers 36 min
- ✏️ Practice: API Architecture Problems (4 Problems) 32 min
🎯 Outcome: Design robust, scalable APIs and explain microservice communication patterns with authority.
07
Azure-Native Architecture Patterns
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- 🎥 Azure Service Bus & Event-Driven Architecture 48 min
- 🎥 Cosmos DB: When and How to Use It 44 min
- 🎥 Azure Redis Cache: Beyond Simple Key-Value 36 min
- 🎥 Event Hubs & Stream Processing 40 min
- ✏️ Practice: Azure Architecture Problems (5 Problems) 37 min
🎯 Outcome: Design production-grade systems using Azure services — a massive differentiator for .NET candidates.
08
End-to-End System Designs
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- 🎥 Design a URL Shortener (Full Walkthrough) 42 min
- 🎥 Design a Real-Time Chat System 44 min
- 🎥 Design a Payment Processing Platform 40 min
- 🎥 Design a Video Streaming Service 38 min
- 🎥 Design a Social Feed / News Feed 36 min
- ✏️ Practice: Design Your Own System 40 min
🎯 Outcome: Walk through complete system designs end-to-end, just like you would in a live interview.
09
Observability, Reliability & DevOps
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- 🎥 Logging, Tracing & Monitoring with Serilog + OpenTelemetry 44 min
- 🎥 Designing for Fault Tolerance & Resilience 40 min
- 🎥 CI/CD, Blue-Green Deployments & Feature Flags 36 min
- ✏️ Practice: Reliability Design Problems (4 Problems) 40 min
🎯 Outcome: Show interviewers you think beyond “happy path” — a hallmark of senior-level thinking.
10
Mock Interview Marathon & Final Prep
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- 🎥 Mock Interview #1–#4: Foundational Systems 2h 00m
- 🎥 Mock Interview #5–#8: Advanced Distributed Systems 2h 00m
- 🎥 Mock Interview #9–#12: FAANG-Style Full Problems 2h 00m
🎯 Outcome: Enter your real interview with confidence. 12 scored mock sessions with detailed feedback.
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