System design starts with understanding the high-level architecture of a computer system, including bits, storage, RAM, cache memory, CPU, and motherboard.
Production-ready app architecture involves components like CI/CD pipelines, load balancers, external storage solutions, and logging and monitoring systems.
Debugging process includes error identification through logs, replication in non-production environments, analysis using tools, and hotfix deployment for temporary fixes.
Key principles of system design include scalability, maintainability, efficiency, and robustness under adverse conditions.
The CAP theorem outlines trade-offs in distributed systems, balancing consistency, availability, and partition tolerance.
Networking basics cover IP addressing, data packets, transport layer protocols like TCP and UDP, and application layer protocols such as HTTP, WebSockets, SMTP, and FTP.
API design best practices focus on RESTful principles, GraphQL flexibility, and rate limiting to control API requests.
Strategies for reducing latency in web development involve caching and CDNs for faster data access.
Proxy servers serve as intermediaries like forward proxies for client anonymity and reverse proxies for load balancing and encryption management.
Load balancing distributes workloads via strategies like round-robin, least connection, and geographical algorithms to prevent server bottlenecks.
Database fundamentals cover relational vs. NoSQL databases, sharding, replication, caching, and indexing for performance optimization.