The Fundamentals of Backend Engineering course on Udemy, created by Hussein Nasser, is highly regarded for its deep dive into the "under the hood" mechanics of backend systems rather than just teaching specific frameworks. Course Overview
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The shift to horizontal scaling introduces a new beast: Load Balancing. You learn that a Load Balancer sits in front of your servers, distributing traffic. It uses algorithms like Round Robin or Least Connections to decide which server handles the request. This is the first step toward High Availability (HA). The Fundamentals of Backend Engineering course on Udemy,
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Protocols & Performance: Deeply explores TCP/UDP, HTTP (1.1, 2, and 3), gRPC, WebSockets, and how they impact application performance.