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[sonumatrix]

Alex, your explanations are incredibly clear and straightforward. I appreciate your simplicity, making it easy to comprehend. Thank you.

[lopella]

I really appreciate these short videos that you do and how do you explain things. Thank you.

[trsquid]

I love everything about these videos, thank you for the time you've spent making each one of these. Has it been considered by your team to do the OSI model in the future?

[gauravkumarmnnit]

Your video is like a pill of multi-concepts one can watch it in couple of minutes, very precise and to the point, videos animation is just satisfying ❤

[jpny]

I bought 2 of your system design interview, they're both very good. Your video with diagrams is really helpful and easy to understand the technical details. It must be nice to have you as a mentor.

[vishalrajole]

Simple and yet detailed overview. Enjoyed watching it. Would appreciate if you can also share pros and cons of such architectural patterns/services.

[illbet]

Found your channel on linkedin. Absolutely valuable info you all provide for young developers. Subscribed

[lucasshira]

Great explanation, especially combined with the images interacting with the content being explained, made understanding much easier to me

[jyothsnaradha]

you are mind blowing. i started searching for your channel for every concept.

[yogendrakesharwani]

Next level animation and explaination combination

[ReflectionOcean]

Parameter validation -> allow/deny listing -> authentication/authorization -> rate limiting -> dynamic routing -> service discovery -> Protocol conversion

Error handling / logging / monitoring / Circuit breaking / analytics

[coffeebeans]

This is the simplest I have seen it. Great job!

[WarunaTennakoon]

I enjoy your videos. May I know how you create these beautiful animations of the flow charts and diagrams?

[kostaad]

100% best videos on compsci topics. Thank you

I'd worked with very basic API GW configurations in AWS, and this video was useful to have a quick list of all the advantages of this technology. I'll continue exploring its features. Thanks.

[dassanghamitra]

very crisp and all detailed video .. not lengthy, easy to understand and remember ❤

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You are the man! Have the first book and the sub to your System Design series.

[marcosd.]

Great explanation, Alex. Best explanation I found.

[dawidos]

Your newsletter is a great read. Thanks!

[sachinthatte]

Amazing explanation, clear and concise.