Stop drawing system design diagrams. Start simulating them.
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Your diagram never fails. That's the problem. You draw a load balancer, three app servers, Redis...
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# Stop drawing system design diagrams. Start simulating them. - DEV Community
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Posted on Apr 23
# Stop drawing system design diagrams. Start simulating them.
[#systemdesign](https://dev.to/t/systemdesign)[#interview](https://dev.to/t/interview)[#architecture](https://dev.to/t/architecture)[#career](https://dev.to/t/career)
Your diagram never fails.
[](https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2F8u65eccukl0vrxohmo1v.png)
That's the problem.
You draw a load balancer, three app servers, Redi
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Posted on Apr 23
# Stop drawing system design diagrams. Start simulating them.
[#systemdesign](https://dev.to/t/systemdesign)[#interview](https://dev.to/t/interview)[#architecture](https://dev.to/t/architecture)[#career](https://dev.to/t/career)
Your diagram never fails.
[](https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2F8u65eccukl0vrxohmo1v.png)
That's the problem.
You draw a load balancer, three app servers, Redi
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