Unlock the secrets of building high-performance, scalable platforms in this episode of The Deep Dive. We explore essential system design principles that power today’s most successful applications—from load balancing and microservices architecture to database scaling and fault-tolerant design.
Whether you’re a backend engineer, preparing for a system design interview, or working on a cloud-native application, this episode gives you the tools and frameworks to architect systems that scale efficiently and reliably.
🧠 Topics Covered:
- Scalable system architecture: monoliths vs. microservices
- Load balancing and caching techniques
- Horizontal vs. vertical scaling
- CAP theorem and distributed data models
- Database sharding and replication
- Real-world case studies from cloud-scale platforms
🎯 Ideal for: Software engineers, system architects, DevOps professionals, and tech leads