Backend Engineering

APIs, data modelling, caching, queues and the operational side of running services.

1. Step 01

   Language depth

   Pick one of Go, Java or Python and go deep.

   GoPython

2. Step 02

   Databases

   Relational modelling, indexes and query plans.

   PostgreSQLSQL

3. Step 03

   API design

   REST semantics, pagination, idempotency and versioning.

   RESTgRPC

4. Step 04

   Caching & queues

   Redis patterns and asynchronous processing.

   RedisKafka

5. Step 05

   Reliability

   Observability, SLOs and incident response.

   TracingSLOs

6. Step 06

   Scale

   Sharding, replication and consistency trade-offs.

   Distributed Systems