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Database Design

Schemas, indexes, and migrations that don't punish you later.

Design schemas you won't regret, write indexes that actually help, and run migrations on production tables without taking the site down.

What you'll be able to do

  • Design schemas that scale with the product
  • Read query plans and add indexes intelligently
  • Run safe online schema changes

Your journey

Follow these in order — each step builds on the previous.

  1. 1
    Course

    Database Design Fundamentals

    Schemas that don't punish you six months later.

    Beginner · 3 modules · 6 lessonsOpen →

Finished the path?

Pick another track or apply what you learned by sketching out the architecture for a project of your own.