Building Scalable Distributed Systems: A Practical Guide to Microservices, Event-Driven Architecture, and Cloud-Native Design for Reliable Applications

Master the art of building high‑performance, fault‑tolerant, and future‑proof distributed systems.
In today’s world, scalability, reliability, and speed are no longer optional — they’re essential. Building Scalable Distributed Systems is your hands‑on guide to designing, deploying, and managing microservices, event‑driven architectures, and cloud‑native applications that power the world’s most resilient platforms.

Whether you’re an experienced backend engineer, a cloud architect, or a senior developer aiming to take your system design skills to the next level, this book gives you practical patterns, real‑world examples, and proven strategies for building distributed systems at scale. You’ll learn how to:

• Design scalable microservices with clear service boundaries and API contracts

• Implement event‑driven architectures for real‑time responsiveness

• Apply resilience patterns like circuit breakers, bulkheads, and retries

• Manage distributed data with partitioning, replication, and consensus protocols

• Deploy on cloud‑native platforms using Kubernetes, Docker, and serverless

• Build systems with continuous availability and fault tolerance

• Plan for security, observability, and compliance from day one

Packed with detailed diagrams, code samples, and modern best practices, this guide bridges theory and implementation so you can confidently build systems that scale — and keep them running smoothly in production.

If you want to design like Google, deploy like Netflix, and operate with the resilience of Amazon, this is the book you need.