| Month | Week | Milestone | Topics | Progress |
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| Month 1 | Week 1 | 0% - [□□□□□□□□□] Week 1 – Computer Science Basics | - OS Concepts (Processes, Threads, Memory Management) - Networking Basics (TCP/IP, HTTP, DNS) - Data Structures (Arrays, Linked Lists, Trees) - Algorithms (Big O Notation, Sorting, Searching) |
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| Month 1 | Week 2 | 8% - [■□□□□□□□□] Week 2 – Networking Essentials | - Load Balancing (Types, Algorithms) - HTTP Methods and Status Codes - Caching Mechanisms (Cache Invalidation, Cache-Aside) - CDN (Content Delivery Networks) |
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| Month 1 | Week 3 | 17% - [■■□□□□□□□] Week 3 – Databases & Distributed Systems | - Relational Databases vs NoSQL Databases - CAP Theorem & Trade-offs - Sharding & Partitioning Strategies - Data Replication Techniques |
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| Month 1 | Week 4 | 25% - [■■■□□□□□□] Week 4 – OS Concepts & Storage | - File Systems (NTFS, EXT, HDFS) - Virtualization & Containers - Disk I/O and Data Consistency - Distributed File Systems |
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| Month 2 | Week 5 | 33% - [■■■■□□□□□] Week 5 – Load Balancing & Scaling | - Horizontal vs Vertical Scaling - Elastic Load Balancing (Auto-scaling) - Health Checks & Failover Mechanisms - Rate Limiting & Throttling |
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| Month 2 | Week 6 | 42% - [■■■■■□□□□] Week 6 – Caching Systems | - Cache Types (Memory, Distributed) - Cache Eviction Strategies - Redis & Memcached - CDN Integration |
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| Month 2 | Week 7 | 50% - [■■■■■■□□□] Week 7 – Databases Deep Dive | - ACID vs BASE Transactions - SQL vs NoSQL Databases - Indexing & Query Optimization - CAP Theorem & Database Consistency Models (Eventual vs Strong) |
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| Month 2 | Week 8 | 58% - [■■■■■■■□□] Week 8 – Queues & Messaging | - Message Brokers (Kafka, RabbitMQ) - Publish-Subscribe Model - Dead Letter Queues & Retries - Event-Driven Architectures |
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| Month 3 | Week 9 | 67% - [■■■■■■■■□] Week 9 – Design Thinking & Resilience | - 4-Step Design Approach - Bottleneck Identification - Data & Control Flow in Systems - Stateless vs Stateful Systems - Failure Handling & Circuit Breakers |
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| Month 3 | Week 10 | 75% - [■■■■■■■■□□] Week 10 – Design Patterns & Operational Strategies | - Rate Limiting (Token Bucket, Leaky Bucket) - Circuit Breaker & Retry Logic - Leader Election Algorithms - CQRS (Command Query Responsibility Segregation) - Health Checks & Heartbeats |
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| Month 3 | Week 11 | 83% - [■■■■■■■■■□] Week 11 – Practice Questions | - System Design Interview Questions (e.g., Design Twitter, Design Uber) - Whiteboard Design Exercises - Online Mock Interviews |
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| Month 3 | Week 12 | 100% - [■■■■■■■■■] Week 12 – Mock Interviews & Review | - Mock Interviews with Peers/Experts - Review System Design Frameworks - Identify Weak Areas & Improve |
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- Month 2: 58% Progress (from Weeks 5 to 8)
- Month 3: 100% Progress (from Weeks 9 to 12)
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