Instagram System Design Course: From Concept to Reality

What the course breaks down

This Scaler Topics course takes apart the architecture behind Instagram. It walks through photo and video sharing, feed generation, the search engine and notifications, and shows how each component connects to the others so the whole experience holds together.

Why the feed sits at the center

Feed generation is one of the central problems in an Instagram-style design, because it has to assemble content from many sources for each user. Seeing it as one part of a wider system helps explain the choices about storage, search and delivery.

Suited to

• Engineers who already know the basics of distributed systems.
• Candidates preparing for senior system design interviews.