System Design

Design systems you can defend

Learn to sketch a practical system design, explain trade-offs, and submit a hackathon project that shows clients, APIs, data, caching, queues, and scaling choices.

For college builders in India who can code and want internship-ready system design proof from a real hackathon project.

Advanced8 lessonsAbout 38 min+100 XP

Usually easier after REST APIs and SQL. You can start here anyway.

Start lesson 1

Your path

1Start hereSketch the whole system4 min
2Design APIs between parts5 min
3Choose SQL or NoSQL5 min
4Add cache and load balancing5 min
5Use queues for slow work5 min
6Scale up or scale out5 min
7Explain trade-offs clearly4 min
8Submit your system design project5 min
The check10 questions · 7 to pass
Verify the System Design skill+100 XP and +50 SHARP and a certificate, once the check and the task are done