Software

Software Architecture Basics

Learn the fundamental patterns and trade-offs that determine whether your product can scale, ship fast, or do both.

4 lessons · 58 minutes · Beginner

Lesson 01

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Monolith vs. Microservices

The architecture you choose in month one determines what kind of problems you'll have in year three.

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Lesson 02

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Databases and State

Every product decision about speed, consistency, and reliability is actually a decision about how you store and query data.

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Lesson 03

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APIs and Contracts

An API is a promise. Breaking that promise breaks every system that depends on you.

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Lesson 04

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Caching and Performance

The fastest code is code that never runs. The fastest query is a query you never make.

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