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1. 1Start here: the basicsNo background needed. What the main ideas are and why they exist.3 videos · 1 h 40 min0/3

   • 1.1 Proxy vs Reverse Proxy vs Load Balancer | Simply ExplainedBeginner · 13 min · 748.9K views · 2024The middle layers that sit in front of your servers and what each one is for.
   • 1.2 Kafka Tutorial for Beginners | Everything you need to get startedBeginner · 19 min · 1.5M views · 2025Passing work and events between services without waiting for each other.
   • 1.3 Kafka Crash Course - Hands-On ProjectBeginner · 1 h 8 min · 319.7K views · 2025Passing work and events between services without waiting for each other.
2. 2The building blocksCaches, queues, databases, load balancers: the parts every design is made of.2 videos · 27 min0/2

   • 2.1 Microservices explained - the What, Why and How?Intermediate · 19 min · 1.2M views · 2022When to split an application into services, and what it costs.
   • 2.2 Benefits of Kubernetes | Scalability, High Availability, Disaster Recovery | Kubernetes Tutorial 16Intermediate · 9 min · 91.1K views · 2020 (older)How applications are packaged and run across many machines.
3. 3Design whole systems (HLD)Put the blocks together for a real product, step by step.3 videos · 1 h 14 min0/3

   • 3.1 How Prometheus Monitoring works | Prometheus Architecture explainedIntermediate · 22 min · 1.3M views · 2020 (older)Seeing what a running system is doing and finding what broke.
   • 3.2 Kubernetes Architecture explained | Kubernetes Tutorial 15Intermediate · 13 min · 309K views · 2020 (older)How applications are packaged and run across many machines.
   • 3.3 How Netflix, Spotify & Uber actually run multi-cloud architecturesIntermediate · 40 min · 26K views · 2026A walk through how a real product is put together: what it must do, the parts, and the trade-offs.

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