Intermediate
System Design for AI/FDE
Intermediate
Design and implement real systems · 4 tutorials · 25-35 min each
Design scalable AI systems with explicit user promises, failure modes, and operational controls.
Intermediate 1 of 4
Scaling Patterns: Hashing, Sharding, and Replication
Design data distribution and replication strategies with explicit trade-offs.
Intermediate 2 of 4
Service Communication and Mesh Patterns
Choose between synchronous APIs, async queues, service discovery, and service mesh.
Intermediate 3 of 4
Database Internals and Storage Tiers
Reason about indexes, isolation, Redis, Bloom filters, and hot/cold data.
Intermediate 4 of 4
Reliability and Interview Walkthroughs
Apply tracing, chaos engineering, error budgets, canaries, and full design walkthroughs.