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System Design for Beginners

12h 2m 41s
English
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System Design for Beginners is a 37-lesson 12 hours 2 minutes self-paced course by Arpit Bhayani. "System Design for Beginners" is a course for beginners in a convenient self-paced format.

Course facts

Lessons
37
Duration
12 hours 2 minutes
Language
English
Added to CourseFlix
August 2025
Instructor
Arpit Bhayani
Price
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"System Design for Beginners" is a course for beginners in a convenient self-paced format. The course offers a structured and clear introduction to system design and software architecture - from the very basics and without the need for prior preparation. We will cover key topics, starting with fundamental principles and moving towards the creation of full-fledged, scalable systems similar to those used in the real world.

What You Will Learn

Design Like a Professional

Gain the confidence to develop any systems, even those with the strictest requirements for reliability, scalability, and performance.

Understand What You Never Knew Before

Get acquainted with smart algorithms, architectural approaches, and engineering life hacks. We guarantee unexpected discoveries and insights.

Boost Your Skills - Boost Your Career

Deepen your knowledge to accelerate professional growth and stand out beneficially among colleagues.

Who teaches System Design for Beginners? Arpit Bhayani

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Arpit Bhayani is a US-based software engineer (formerly at Amazon, Practo, and now an independent educator) who runs asliengineering.com and the Arpit Bhayani YouTube channel, both focused on system design and database internals. His material is unusually deep for the system-design-interview market — taking serious detours into the actual implementation of Redis, Postgres, and the data structures behind them.

His CourseFlix listing carries three Arpit Bhayani courses: The System Design Masterclass, Redis Internals (an end-to-end study of how Redis is implemented in C), and System Design for Beginners. Material is paid and aimed at engineers preparing for system-design interviews or doing infrastructure work on production data systems.

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#1: Course Introduction
All Course Lessons (37)
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1
Course Introduction Demo
07:18
2
What is System Design?
08:35
3
How to approach system design?
16:19
4
How do you evaluate that you have built a good system?
08:04
5
Relational Databases
19:30
6
Database Isolation Levels
18:23
7
Scaling Databases
17:04
8
Sharding and Partitioning
15:09
9
Non-Relational Databases
14:28
10
Picking the right database
12:20
11
What is caching?
11:18
12
Populating and scaling a cache
10:31
13
Caching at different levels
19:00
14
Message Brokers and Queues
15:30
15
Message Streams and Kafka Essentials
22:24
16
Realtime Pubsub
05:28
17
Load Balancers
15:27
18
Circuit Breakers
12:48
19
Data Redundancy and Recovery
08:27
20
Leader Election for auto-recovery
07:41
21
Client server model and communication protocols
21:14
22
Blob storage and S3
15:28
23
Bloom Filters
20:25
24
Consistent Hashing
26:24
25
Introduction to Big Data Tools
16:39
26
Designing E-commerce Product Listing
19:38
27
Designing API Rate Limiter
25:23
28
Designing and Scaling Notifications
38:00
29
Designing Realtime Abuse Masker
21:33
30
Designing Tinder Feed
31:50
31
Designing Twitter Trends
29:45
32
Designing URL Shortner
47:12
33
Designing GitHub Gists and PasteBin
27:30
34
Designing a Fraud Detection system
24:11
35
Designing a Recommendation Engine
36:09
36
Designing a Web Crawler
53:30
37
Thank you and What's next
02:06
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Frequently asked questions

What prerequisites are needed for this course?
The course is designed for beginners and does not require any prior preparation or background in system design. It starts with fundamental principles, making it accessible to those new to the subject.
What projects will I work on during the course?
Throughout the course, you will engage in practical exercises such as designing an API Rate Limiter, a Realtime Abuse Masker, and a Recommendation Engine. These projects help you apply theoretical concepts to real-world scenarios.
Who is the target audience for this course?
This course is targeted at beginners who want to gain a structured understanding of system design and software architecture. It is suitable for those interested in learning how to build scalable systems without prior experience in the field.
How does this course compare in depth to other system design courses?
This course offers a structured introduction to system design, covering fundamental concepts and practical applications. While it provides a comprehensive foundation, it is less advanced than courses focused on complex architectural strategies.
What specific tools or platforms are covered in this course?
The course covers a range of tools and concepts such as Relational Databases, Non-Relational Databases, Message Brokers and Queues, Kafka, Load Balancers, and Big Data Tools. These are essential for building and scaling systems.
What topics are not covered in this course?
The course does not delve into advanced topics such as microservices architecture, continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) practices, or advanced cloud computing strategies, keeping its focus on foundational system design principles.
How much time should I expect to commit to this course?
The course consists of 37 lessons designed for self-paced learning. The total runtime is not specified, but students should allocate time for both video lessons and practical exercises to fully grasp the concepts being taught.