System Design & Scalability Patterns
Apply advanced system design patterns to build highly available, fault-tolerant, and scalable Clojure backend services.
Designing for Scale
Building robust Clojure backend systems means more than just writing code. It involves designing for high availability, fault tolerance, and scalability.
These principles ensure your application can handle increased load, recover from failures, and remain accessible to users.
Ensuring High Availability
High Availability (HA) means your system remains operational even when components fail. It's about minimizing downtime.
- Redundancy: Having duplicate components (e.g., multiple servers) so if one fails, another takes over.
- Load Balancing: Distributing incoming traffic across multiple instances of your service to prevent overload and ensure even resource use.
All lessons in this course
- Building a RESTful API
- Event-Driven Architectures
- System Design & Scalability Patterns
- Authentication & Authorization