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Building Scalable Backends

Design backends that survive contact with real traffic.

Layered architecture, service boundaries, and the operational realities of running backends in production. Tech-agnostic patterns you can apply to any stack.

Modules
3
Lessons
7
Read time
67 min
Premium lessons
7

What you'll learn

  • Design service boundaries that don't leak into each other
  • Apply layered architecture (controllers → services → repositories)
  • Choose between sync, async, and event-driven patterns
  • Make backends observable with logs, metrics, and traces

Prerequisites

  • Built at least one CRUD API end-to-end
  • Familiar with HTTP, JSON, and a server-side language

Curriculum

3 modules · 7 lessons · 67 min total

  1. 1

    Architectural Layers

    3 lessons
    • 01.01Why Controllers Should Be Thin Premium
      8 min
    • 01.02The Service Layer Pattern Premium
      11 min
    • 01.03Repositories & Data Access Premium
      10 min
  2. 2

    Async & Events

    2 lessons
    • 02.01Background Jobs Done Right Premium
      12 min
    • 02.02Events vs Synchronous Calls Premium
      9 min
  3. 3

    Operability

    2 lessons
    • 03.01Structured Logging Premium
      7 min
    • 03.02Metrics & Distributed Traces Premium
      10 min

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