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20
systems
20
topics
132

Core concepts

One mechanism per topic.

Foundations5 hubs · 18 topics

Read for freeAbstractions and RPC3 topicsRead for freeConsistency models4 topicsFailure models3 topicsNon-functional requirements5 topicsBack-of-the-envelope estimation3 topics

Traffic and networking3 hubs · 13 topics

Read for freeDNS4 topicsLoad balancers5 topicsCDN4 topics

Data and storage4 hubs · 17 topics

Databases5 topicsKey-value store5 topicsDistributed cache4 topicsBlob store3 topics

IDs and counting2 hubs · 5 topics

Unique ID generator3 topicsSharded counters2 topics

Async processing3 hubs · 9 topics

Message queue3 topicsPub-sub3 topicsTask scheduler3 topics

Search and observability3 hubs · 8 topics

Distributed search3 topicsLogging2 topicsMonitoring3 topics

Systems

Full design problems. One sub-problem per topic.

Building-block services4 hubs · 12 topics

Social and content5 hubs · 17 topics

Messaging and collaboration4 hubs · 11 topics

Location3 hubs · 10 topics

Platforms and transactions4 hubs · 12 topics