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Backend Engineering

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Backend Engineering

What problem does this solve?

Backend systems handle business logic, data processing, scalability, and reliability.

Core Concepts

  • Request lifecycle
  • Sync vs async
  • Stateless services
  • APIs

How it works internally

Threading, event loops, request handling.

Trade-offs

  • Monolith vs microservices
  • Sync vs async processing

Interview Focus

  • API design
  • Scalability
  • Fault tolerance

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