System Design Interviews for Software Developers with Examples - Learning Roadmap | Nemorize

✅ Foundations of System Design

• ✅ Key Concepts & Terminology
  • ⚪ Scalability
  • ⚪ Latency vs Throughput
  • ⚪ CAP Theorem
• ✅ Networking Basics
  • ⚪ HTTP & REST APIs
  • ⚪ DNS & CDN
  • ⚪ TCP vs UDP

✅ Core Building Blocks

• ✅ Databases & Storage
  • ⚪ Relational Databases
  • ⚪ NoSQL Databases
  • ⚪ Caching Strategies
• ✅ Messaging & Queues
  • ⚪ Message Queues (Kafka, RabbitMQ)
  • ⚪ Pub/Sub Pattern

✅ Interview Framework & Strategy

• ✅ Requirements Gathering
  • ⚪ Functional Requirements
  • ⚪ Non-Functional Requirements
• ✅ Design Process Steps
  • ⚪ High-Level Architecture
  • ⚪ Deep Dive & Bottlenecks

✅ Realistic Design Examples

• ✅ Design URL Shortener & Rate Limiter
  • ✅ URL Shortener (e.g. TinyURL)
  • ⚪ Rate Limiter
• ✅ Design Social & Streaming Systems
  • ✅ Twitter/Instagram News Feed
  • ✅ YouTube / Netflix Streaming
  • ✅ Chat Application (WhatsApp)

✅ Advanced Topics & Final Prep

• ⚪ Advanced Architecture Patterns
  • ⚪ Microservices & Service Discovery
  • ⚪ Consistent Hashing & Distributed Systems
• ✅ Mock Interviews & Communication
  • ⚪ Timed Mock Sessions
  • ⚪ Trade-off Articulation