Core Concepts

Fundamental distributed systems principles like CAP theorem, distributed locks, and consistency patterns

Understanding the fundamental trade-offs in distributed systems design and implementation

Understanding fault tolerance and failure handling in distributed systems

Understanding data distribution and load balancing in distributed systems

Separating read and write operations for scalable and maintainable distributed systems

Coordinating access to shared resources across distributed systems

Storing application state as a sequence of immutable events for auditability and rebuilding state

Ensuring operations can be safely retried without unintended side effects

Controlling the rate of requests to protect systems from overload and ensure fair usage