Backend from first principles

Backend from first principles

10 of 23 videos summarized

A set of videos where we explore backend systems from the most fundamental concepts.

22. Concurrency & Parallelism: IO Bound vs CPU Bound1:28:06

22. Concurrency & Parallelism: IO Bound vs CPU Bound

Jan 1, 2026

18. Logging, Monitoring and Observability39:51

18. Logging, Monitoring and Observability

Jul 26, 2025

17. Production-grade Configuration Management36:14

17. Production-grade Configuration Management

Jul 25, 2025

8. Authentication and authorization for backend engineers1:35:57

8. Authentication and authorization for backend engineers

Dec 23, 2024

7. Serialization and Deserialization for backend engineers21:48

7. Serialization and Deserialization for backend engineers

Dec 11, 2024

6. What is Routing in Backend? How Requests Find Their Way Home24:04

6. What is Routing in Backend? How Requests Find Their Way Home

Dec 9, 2024

5. Understanding HTTP for backend engineers, where it all starts1:18:13

5. Understanding HTTP for backend engineers, where it all starts

Sep 27, 2024

3. What is a Backend, how do they work and why do we need them?19:01

3. What is a Backend, how do they work and why do we need them?

Sep 24, 2024

2. Walk the path of a true backend engineer3:53

2. Walk the path of a true backend engineer

Sep 23, 2024

1. Roadmap for backend from first principles31:24

1. Roadmap for backend from first principles

Sep 23, 2024