Dive deep into the world of system programming and discover how software interacts directly with operating systems and hardware. This comprehensive masterclass takes you beyond traditional application development and into the foundations of modern computing systems. You will explore operating system architecture, processes, threads, scheduling, memory management, file systems, device I/O, networking, concurrency, inter-process communication, debugging, performance optimization, and security. The course explains how compilers, linkers, loaders, and executables work together to transform source code into running applications.
Through practical explanations and real-world concepts, you will gain a solid understanding of how modern systems operate behind the scenes. You will learn how to analyze performance bottlenecks, optimize resource usage, build reliable concurrent software, and understand the trade-offs involved in low-level development. The course also covers modern tools and technologies used by systems engineers, backend developers, DevOps professionals, infrastructure engineers, and platform teams. Topics such as profiling, tracing, observability, containers, namespaces, cgroups, sandboxing, and secure system design are discussed in a clear and accessible way.
