Design a URL Shortener from Scratch | Full System Design Course (LB, DB, Cache Explained)

Want to understand system design for real-world applications? In this video, we break down how to design a URL Shortener like TinyURL or Bitly using scalable backend architecture, load balancers, databases, caching, and application servers.

This is a complete system design tutorial for beginners and intermediate developers, especially useful for software engineering interviews, backend development, and system design preparation.

📌 What you’ll learn in this System Design course:

How a URL shortener system works (TinyURL / Bitly architecture)
Designing scalable backend systems from scratch
Role of Load Balancer (LB) in high traffic systems
How application servers handle requests
Choosing the right database (SQL vs NoSQL)
Using cache (Redis) for performance optimization
URL encoding strategies and unique ID generation
Handling high traffic, scalability & fault tolerance
End-to-end system design workflow for interviews

⚡ Why this video matters:
System design is one of the most important skills for SDE, backend engineer, and FAANG interviews. Learning how to design a URL shortener system helps you understand real-world distributed systems, scalability, and performance optimization.

🎯 Who should watch this?

Beginners learning system design concepts
Developers preparing for system design interviews
Backend engineers & aspiring software engineers
Students learning scalable architecture & distributed systems

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