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System Design on AWS: Building and Scaling Enterprise Solutions 1st Edition
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Enterprises building complex and large-scale applications in the cloud face multiple challenges. From figuring out the right tools to estimating the right provisioning, nearly every solution comes with a complicated set of choices and trade-offs. AWS provides a one-stop shop for building and scaling these applications, and this practical guide helps you decide which pieces to use and how to fit them together.
Authors Jayanth Kumar and Mandeep Singh equip software architects and engineers with essential AWS and system design knowledge to help you make good decisions and overcome the challenges of designing and scaling enterprise software architecture. By diving into specific use cases, you'll understand how these principles and resources can be applied to real-world problems.
With this book, you will:
- Learn the basics and best practices of successful system design
- Understand key AWS services and their strengths and limitations for building large-scale systems
- Examine engineering patterns and principles that best support large-scale systems, and learn how to design architecture with scalability, operations, and resilience in mind
- Learn what highly performant and cost-optimized architectures look like on AWS and the tools and frameworks that are best for specific use cases
- ISBN-101098146891
- ISBN-13978-1098146894
- Edition1st
- PublisherO'Reilly Media
- Publication dateMarch 25, 2025
- LanguageEnglish
- Dimensions7 x 1.24 x 9.19 inches
- Print length609 pages
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System Design on AWS is a comprehensive guide to helping software architects and engineers understand, build, and scale complex systems on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud. The book provides a structured approach to tackling real-world system design challenges on AWS in a continuously evolving cloud landscape. The material focuses on fundamental principles, architectural trade-offs, and practical use cases, guiding you from Day 0 (minimum viable product) to Day N (most valuable product). Through detailed chapters, this book demystifies AWS’s wide-ranging services and how they can be strategically leveraged to address both technical and business requirements.
Who Should Read This Book
This book is ideal for software architects, developers, DevOps engineers, and system architects who want to build or scale applications on AWS. It is especially useful for professionals transitioning from on-premises to cloud infrastructure or aiming to leverage AWS for large-scale applications. A basic understanding of software implementation and familiarity with one programming language are recommended.
This book is also recommended for people holding leadership positions in software development and DevOps. The guidance and principles in the book will help you remove team blockers while building systems and making informed decisions.
While this book is titledSystem Design on AWS and the focus is on the AWS cloud, we recommend it to everyone who loves to build systems on any of the cloud providers’ platforms or for on-premises data centers as well as anyone who is just curious about building systems. The design and scaling principles discussed in the book are agnostic of cloud providers.
What This Book Isn’t
This book does not provide detailed code implementations for deploying the infrastructure or application business logic. Instead, it emphasizes the architecture and design process, helping you understand how to break a system down into manageable components and make informed architectural decisions.
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About the Author
He earned his bachelor’s degree from IIT Bombay and his master’s degree from UCLA in Computer Science departments. He formerly held the positions of software engineer at SAP Germany and SAP Silicon Valley. Later, as an entrepreneur, he held the positions of Head of Engineering at Goodhealth, Engineering Manager at Delhivery, and Software Development Manager at Amazon. These challenging experiences made him grow not just into Technology but also into People, Processes and Product leadership.
He always seeks to challenge himself with new learning opportunities and focuses on building robust mechanisms and systems, which will stand the test of the time.
Find him onLinkedIn and hispersonal blog.
Mandeep Singh is an educator and software engineer with a strong passion for building simple, scalable systems. A graduate from the Army Institute of Technology, he has held various engineering roles at Amazon, Jupiter, and Kyndryl. His experience spans multiple domains, including cloud infrastructure modernization, ecommerce logistics and compliance, and payment systems.
He supports the learning and development of others by sharing lessons on Cloud and System Design on his YouTube channel and LinkedIn. Outside of work, he enjoys morning runs, weight lifting, cooking, and spending time with his family in the serene ambience of his hometown.
Find him onLinkedIn andYouTube.
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- Publisher : O'Reilly Media
- Publication date : March 25, 2025
- Edition : 1st
- Language : English
- Print length : 609 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1098146891
- ISBN-13 : 978-1098146894
- Item Weight : 2.28 pounds
- Dimensions : 7 x 1.24 x 9.19 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #259,911 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Brief content visible, double tap to read full content.Full content visible, double tap to read brief content.Jayanth Kumar is a published poet, a technical architect (AWS Solutions Architect Professional), an entrepreneur, an engineering leader and an assistant professor too. His writings across multiple disciplines cover his understanding of self, society, systems, and organizations.
He earned his bachelor’s degree from IIT Bombay and his master’s degree from UCLA in Computer Science departments. He formerly held the positions of software engineer at SAP Germany and SAP Silicon Valley. Later, as an entrepreneur, he held the positions of Head of Engineering at Goodhealth, Engineering Manager at Delhivery, and later as Software Development Manager at Amazon. These challenging experiences made him grow not just into Technology but also, into People, Processes and Product leadership.
He always seeks to challenge himself with new learning opportunities and focuses on building robust mechanisms and systems, which will stand the test of the time.
Find him on LinkedIn(@jaykmr), and Twitter(@jayanth_kmr).
Brief content visible, double tap to read full content.Full content visible, double tap to read brief content.Mandeep Singh is a Lead Software Engineer at Skytap (a Kyndryl Company). He is a graduate from Army Institute of Technology and has strong passion for developing scalable systems. Before joining Skytap, he held various engineering roles at AWS, Amazon and Jupiter. His experience spans multiple domains, including cloud infrastructure modernization, ecommerce logistics & compliance, and payment systems.
He supports the learning and development of others by sharing lessons on Cloud and System Design on his YouTube channel and LinkedIn. Outside of work, he enjoys morning runs, weight lifting, cooking and spending time with his family in the serene ambience of his hometown.
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- Praveen PendyalaReviewed in the United Kingdom on March 22, 2025
5.0 out of 5 starsThe most thorough handbook on system design and scaling at all levels - mvp to widely successfully
Format: PaperbackVerified PurchaseWith all the AI innovations in coding assistance today, people are seriously underestimating the value of sound fundamentals! AI can help you build components or maybe even a workable MVP. But, you still need to get the foundations right to have any chance of building a real, revenue making, and sustainable business. This book did an amazing job at discussing the foundations in a practical setting - I thoroughly enjoyed the practical examples that keep it more connected to real world applications. And the use of Day 0, Scaling and Day N architectures clearly highlight how practical production systems evolve. The authors cleverly avoided the common pitfall of recommending over engineered system design / architectures. Most other technical books tend to miss the mark in the hunt for deep theoretical rigour, this one hits that spot perfectly!
10/10 - cannot recommend this enough! Let AI write your code, but get your foundations right here!
With all the AI innovations in coding assistance today, people are seriously underestimating the value of sound fundamentals! AI can help you build components or maybe even a workable MVP. But, you still need to get the foundations right to have any chance of building a real, revenue making, and sustainable business. This book did an amazing job at discussing the foundations in a practical setting - I thoroughly enjoyed the practical examples that keep it more connected to real world applications. And the use of Day 0, Scaling and Day N architectures clearly highlight how practical production systems evolve. The authors cleverly avoided the common pitfall of recommending over engineered system design / architectures. Most other technical books tend to miss the mark in the hunt for deep theoretical rigour, this one hits that spot perfectly!5.0 out of 5 starsPraveen PendyalaThe most thorough handbook on system design and scaling at all levels - mvp to widely successfully
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 22, 2025
10/10 - cannot recommend this enough! Let AI write your code, but get your foundations right here!Images in this review
