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Hussein Nasser: Backend Engineering Show
Protocols, proxies, databases and load balancers explained from first principles.
By Hussein Nasser · Hussein Nasser (YouTube) · Added 2026-08-05
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Overview before you open it
Join me as we discuss various software engineering topics with examples and add fun elements to them. We always try to learn by example here in this educational Youtube channel which we believe is the right way to learn. I love Software engineering (especially the backend) and I strive to be a better software…
A talk or video. Watch it with a pause button handy: it is easiest to follow once you know the basic vocabulary.
- Who it suits
- You know the basics (caching, queues, replication) and want to see them applied.
- From
- Hussein Nasser (YouTube): see more from them
- Design areas it touches
- Scaling and performanceDatabases and storageNetworking and protocolsReal-time and chat
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While you read
- Which number or limit forced their main decision?
- What did they try first, and why did it stop working?
- What did they choose not to build?
After
- What would break first if traffic grew tenfold?
- What did they trade away to get what they wanted?
- Explain the design in three sentences, without looking.
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