Distributed Systems
Focus: correctness, coordination, and scale—building systems that work across multiple machines.
Foundations
Core distributed systems concepts.
| Topic | Description |
|---|---|
| Distributed Systems Fundamentals | CAP, consistency, availability |
| Distributed Systems Projects | Hands-on distributed systems |
Consensus & Coordination
Agreement in distributed systems.
| Topic | Description |
|---|---|
| Consensus Protocols | Paxos, Raft, and beyond |
| Zookeeper Deep Dive | Distributed coordination service |
Distributed Storage
Data across nodes.
| Topic | Description |
|---|---|
| Distributed Key-Value Stores | Building distributed storage |
Microservices & Observability
Modern distributed application architecture.
| Topic | Description |
|---|---|
| Microservices & Observability | Service meshes, tracing, metrics |
Messaging & Event Systems
Asynchronous communication patterns.
| Topic | Description |
|---|---|
| Pub/Sub Deep Dive | Publish-subscribe patterns |
| Job Queues Deep Dive | Background job processing |
| Message Brokers | Kafka, RabbitMQ, etc. |
Learning Tips
- Think about failure: Distributed systems fail in creative ways
- Understand CAP theorem: Know the tradeoffs
- Implement from papers: Read and implement Raft, etc.
- Test with chaos: Inject failures to find bugs
- Study real systems: Learn from Cassandra, Kafka, etc.