Most developers write code. Very few truly understand the systems behind it. I spent over 10 years in the software industry designing and building large-scale, production systems — the kind that serve millions of users, handle massive data loads, and have to stay up when everything is trying to bring them down. That depth of experience is exactly what I bring into every course I teach.

I am a software architect and system design practitioner with an MS in Computer Science and over a decade of hands-on industry experience. I have worked across the full spectrum of modern software development — from crafting clean, maintainable code to designing distributed systems, defining architectural patterns, and making the high-stakes technical decisions that shape how large products are built and scaled.

Three years ago I made a deliberate decision: to stop keeping this knowledge inside corporate walls and start sharing it. The gap between what universities teach and what industry actually demands is enormous — and most online courses don't bridge it either. My courses exist to close that gap. Every lesson is grounded in real architectural decisions, real trade-offs, and real patterns I have applied on production systems.

My flagship course, Software Design and Architecture, is built for developers who are serious about levelling up — developers who want to stop being feature implementers and start thinking like architects. If you want to understand how Netflix scales, how Amazon handles millions of transactions, or how modern systems are designed to never go down — you are in the right place.

I do not teach theory for the sake of theory. Every concept comes anchored to how it is actually used in industry. My students consistently describe my teaching as the clearest, most practical explanation of complex software concepts they have ever encountered — because I have built these systems myself.

Whether you are a junior developer who wants to think bigger, a mid-level engineer preparing for a senior role, or someone aiming to crack system design interviews at top tech companies — my courses will give you the mental models, the vocabulary, and the confidence to design software that actually works at scale.

Best Regards and Happy Learning!

Said Nabi