Tech Skills

Systems Design & Architecture

Scalability, databases, microservices, APIs, caching and distributed systems

9,922
lessons
Skills in this topic
View full skill map →
Systems Design Basics
beginner
Explain SQL vs NoSQL tradeoffs
Distributed Systems
intermediate
Design event-driven systems with message queues
AI Systems Design
advanced
Design an LLM inference cluster with vLLM
All Reads (3,968) Articles (348)Blog Posts (2881)Tutorials (487)Research Papers (5)News (247)
How I Passed the System Design Interview After Failing It 3 Times
Medium · Programming 🏗️ Systems Design & Architecture ⚡ AI Lesson 1mo ago
How I Passed the System Design Interview After Failing It 3 Times
It wasn’t about knowing more. It was about having a structure. Continue reading on Stackademic »
Why Developers Should Learn Systems Thinking, Not Just Programming Languages
Dev.to · Gus Woltmann 🏗️ Systems Design & Architecture ⚡ AI Lesson 1mo ago
Why Developers Should Learn Systems Thinking, Not Just Programming Languages
A surprising number of developers spend years mastering frameworks, libraries, and syntax while...
Domain-Driven Design and Event Sourcing in .NET: Understanding the patterns, one problem at a time.
Dev.to · CØDE N!NJΔ 🏗️ Systems Design & Architecture ⚡ AI Lesson 1mo ago
Domain-Driven Design and Event Sourcing in .NET: Understanding the patterns, one problem at a time.
Let’s Bridge the Gap Between DDD Theory and Implementation If you’ve ever felt that...
Stop Fetching Data in useEffect
Medium · JavaScript 🏗️ Systems Design & Architecture ⚡ AI Lesson 1mo ago
Stop Fetching Data in useEffect
So here’s something almost every React developer has written at least a hundred times: Continue reading on Medium »
Transaction Management Across Microservices
Medium · Python 🏗️ Systems Design & Architecture ⚡ AI Lesson 1mo ago
Transaction Management Across Microservices
Managing transactions in a microservices architecture presents unique challenges compared to monolithic applications, primarily due to the… Continue reading on
Evolução das Arquiteturas Distribuídas: O Despertar dos Sistemas Autopoiéticos e a Ascensão da Full Agentic Stack
Dev.to · suissAI 🏗️ Systems Design & Architecture ⚡ AI Lesson 1mo ago
Evolução das Arquiteturas Distribuídas: O Despertar dos Sistemas Autopoiéticos e a Ascensão da Full Agentic Stack
A história da engenharia de software pode ser vista como uma luta contínua contra a entropia. Desde a...
Understanding Object-Oriented Programming in JavaScript
Dev.to · Pratham 🏗️ Systems Design & Architecture ⚡ AI Lesson 1mo ago
Understanding Object-Oriented Programming in JavaScript
How to think in blueprints and objects — and write code that scales. For a while, I wrote...
ArchUnit Part 2 — Enforcing DDD Boundaries Across Modules
Medium · Programming 🏗️ Systems Design & Architecture ⚡ AI Lesson 1mo ago
ArchUnit Part 2 — Enforcing DDD Boundaries Across Modules
You know the architecture of the project when you started the project. Three bounded contexts, clean lines between them, no shared… Continue reading on Javarevi
Roofline Model: Why Your Kernel Is Slow, Geometrically
Dev.to · Shah Fahad 🏗️ Systems Design & Architecture ⚡ AI Lesson 1mo ago
Roofline Model: Why Your Kernel Is Slow, Geometrically
Every kernel does two kinds of work: it performs arithmetic, and it moves data. A kernel is fast only...
Reactive Programming Doesn't Need a Framework — Ownership Is Enough
Dev.to · chh-itt 🏗️ Systems Design & Architecture ⚡ AI Lesson 1mo ago
Reactive Programming Doesn't Need a Framework — Ownership Is Enough
Reactive Programming Doesn't Need a Framework — Ownership Is Enough How Auralis, a...
The Age of Self-Building Systems and the Rise of Self-Devouring Systems
Medium · AI 🏗️ Systems Design & Architecture ⚡ AI Lesson 1mo ago
The Age of Self-Building Systems and the Rise of Self-Devouring Systems
When Enterprise Ecosystems Evolve Faster Than Governance Continue reading on Medium »
¿Por qué Go mató a la herencia?
Dev.to · Juan Carlos Garcia Esquivel 🏗️ Systems Design & Architecture ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
¿Por qué Go mató a la herencia?
La decisión de los creadores de Go de eliminar la herencia de clases no fue un capricho académico....
LRU Cache: Smart Memory Management in Your SPA
Medium · JavaScript 🏗️ Systems Design & Architecture ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
LRU Cache: Smart Memory Management in Your SPA
LRU Cache: Smart Memory Management in Your SPA Continue reading on Medium »
Optimizing Systems Architecture: When to use Arrays vs LInked Lists
Dev.to · Chinonso Ubaezuonu 🏗️ Systems Design & Architecture ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
Optimizing Systems Architecture: When to use Arrays vs LInked Lists
As developers, it is easy to default to the data structures we are most comfortable with. But when...
I Got Tired of Boring System Design Lists, So I Built a 3D Interactive Roadmap
Medium · Programming 🏗️ Systems Design & Architecture ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
I Got Tired of Boring System Design Lists, So I Built a 3D Interactive Roadmap
If you are preparing for backend interviews or trying to level up as a software engineer, you already know the struggle. Continue reading on Medium »
Beyond "Up" or "Down": Engineering Graceful Degradation in Go
Dev.to · Serif COLAKEL 🏗️ Systems Design & Architecture ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
Beyond "Up" or "Down": Engineering Graceful Degradation in Go
In This article, we'll explore graceful degradation and resilience in Go. We'll cover the core...
Reference Architectures Are Lying to You
Dev.to · Jordan 🏗️ Systems Design & Architecture ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
Reference Architectures Are Lying to You
Every cloud provider has one. Every major consultancy sells one. Every conference talk ends with one...
RSC Is Not the Input Boundary
Dev.to · Viktor Lázár 🏗️ Systems Design & Architecture ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
RSC Is Not the Input Boundary
Every major React Server Components security release seems to trigger the same little ritual. An...
PART 3— Distinguished Engineer — System Design Interview Questions(Real Time Messaging System)
Medium · Programming 🏗️ Systems Design & Architecture ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
PART 3— Distinguished Engineer — System Design Interview Questions(Real Time Messaging System)
System design interviews for senior and distinguished engineering roles focus on the candidate’s ability to architect large-scale, complex… Continue reading on
Scaling Systems: Bigger Machine or More Machines?
Dev.to · Shubham Kant 🏗️ Systems Design & Architecture ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
Scaling Systems: Bigger Machine or More Machines?
What is Scalability? The ability to handle more requests by buying a bigger machine or...
Medium · JavaScript 🏗️ Systems Design & Architecture ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
The Deceptive Complexity of a TODO App: A Deep System Design Breakdown
You havebuilt a TODO app. You’re proud of it. You should be. Continue reading on Medium »
Designing public vs. private state: what goes where and why
Dev.to · Tosin Akinbowa 🏗️ Systems Design & Architecture ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
Designing public vs. private state: what goes where and why
One of the most common sources of confusion when building on Midnight is the question of privacy....
O que é ACID?
Dev.to · Ewerton 🏗️ Systems Design & Architecture ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
O que é ACID?
O que é ACID? Imagine um sistema de compra de ingressos, onde você precisa comprar um...
System Architecture is a Bit About Paranoia
Dev.to · Mustafa ERBAY 🏗️ Systems Design & Architecture ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
System Architecture is a Bit About Paranoia
Recently, a series of OOM-killed errors in the AI generation pipeline running on my own VPS took me...
AI does not only generate code faster. It changes the distribution of future changes. This post introduces Attractor Engineering: designing where software changes tend to converge.
Dev.to · Hiroyuki Nakahata 🏗️ Systems Design & Architecture ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
AI does not only generate code faster. It changes the distribution of future changes. This post introduces Attractor Engineering: designing where software changes tend to converge.
Attractor Engineering: Seeing Software Development as Field Dynamics ...
📢Angular’s 7‑Layer Component Architecture 🗂️
Dev.to · abdelaaziz ouakala 🏗️ Systems Design & Architecture ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
📢Angular’s 7‑Layer Component Architecture 🗂️
📢 𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 🗂️ 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐣𝐮𝐧𝐤 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐰𝐞𝐫 🤨 . 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐈 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝟏
GPS and GNSS in embedded systems: modules, NMEA and accuracy
Dev.to · Marco 🏗️ Systems Design & Architecture ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
GPS and GNSS in embedded systems: modules, NMEA and accuracy
A practical guide to GPS/GNSS integration in embedded products: modules, antennas, NMEA 0183, RTK, SBAS, timing and real-world limitations.
How DNS Resolution Works: From `dig . NS` to Your Browser Loading Google
Dev.to · Janmejai Singh 🏗️ Systems Design & Architecture ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
How DNS Resolution Works: From `dig . NS` to Your Browser Loading Google
A practical, system-design-oriented walkthrough of DNS resolution using the dig command. Understand root servers, TLD servers, authoritative servers, and recurs
The Real Reason Your System Is Slow Has Nothing to Do With Your Language
Medium · Programming 🏗️ Systems Design & Architecture ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
The Real Reason Your System Is Slow Has Nothing to Do With Your Language
Every engineering Slack, Reddit thread, and conference panel eventually devolves into the same tribal argument: Your language is why it’s… Continue reading on R
Google Doesn’t Want You to Design Twitter. They Want to See If You Think Like This.
Medium · Programming 🏗️ Systems Design & Architecture ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
Google Doesn’t Want You to Design Twitter. They Want to See If You Think Like This.
The hidden evaluation rubric behind every system design interview — and how to use it to your advantage Continue reading on Medium »
The Windows Concept Journey — Bus Driver
Medium · DevOps 🏗️ Systems Design & Architecture ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
The Windows Concept Journey — Bus Driver
A bus driver serves as the primary controller for an I/O bus, abstracting the slot specific hardware details to provide a standardized and… Continue reading on
Designing a Content Delivery Network (CDN) Simulator
Dev.to · Fu'ad Husnan 🏗️ Systems Design & Architecture ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
Designing a Content Delivery Network (CDN) Simulator
Modern websites are expected to load instantly, regardless of whether users are accessing them from...
What Building a Home Server Actually Taught Me About Infrastructure
Dev.to · Mahesh Cheemalapati 🏗️ Systems Design & Architecture ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
What Building a Home Server Actually Taught Me About Infrastructure
“Infrastructure always felt like this invisible layer beneath software engineering — important...
Database Per Service Pattern with PostgreSQL
Medium · Python 🏗️ Systems Design & Architecture ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
Database Per Service Pattern with PostgreSQL
The Database Per Service pattern is a fundamental data management strategy in microservices architecture where each service owns its… Continue reading on Medium
React to Rust, no try/catch
Dev.to · Sarkis M 🏗️ Systems Design & Architecture ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
React to Rust, no try/catch
I built three libraries independently. When I put them in the same project, the boundaries between...
The Distributed Rate Limiter Most Teams Ship Is Broken
Medium · Python 🏗️ Systems Design & Architecture ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
The Distributed Rate Limiter Most Teams Ship Is Broken
Three failure modes that survive code review and only show up at 2x normal traffic. Continue reading on Medium »
Dev.to AI 🏗️ Systems Design & Architecture ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
Next.js vs Vite in 2026: What you should actually use
Next.js vs Vite in 2026: What You Should Actually Use The JavaScript ecosystem continues evolving rapidly, and by 2026, both Next.js and Vite have matured signi
What an architecture audit actually finds (a story in eight bugs)
Medium · DevOps 🏗️ Systems Design & Architecture ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
What an architecture audit actually finds (a story in eight bugs)
I paused feature work for a sprint to audit our 29-microservice platform. The bugs we found weren’t where I was looking. Continue reading on Medium »
Rust For Linux Is No Longer A Cute Experiment. It Is Becoming The Kernel’s Safety Layer
Medium · Programming 🏗️ Systems Design & Architecture ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
Rust For Linux Is No Longer A Cute Experiment. It Is Becoming The Kernel’s Safety Layer
Rust is not replacing C. It is doing something more dangerous, more useful, and more real: building safer doors into the parts of Linux… Continue reading on Rus
The Difference Between a $120K Offer and a $190K Offer Is One System Design Round
Medium · Python 🏗️ Systems Design & Architecture ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
The Difference Between a $120K Offer and a $190K Offer Is One System Design Round
How compensation-level decisions are made in tech interviews — and what senior engineers do differently in the design round Continue reading on Stackademic »
What Happens in Your Brain When the Interviewer Says “Design YouTube” — and How to Stop It
Medium · Python 🏗️ Systems Design & Architecture ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
What Happens in Your Brain When the Interviewer Says “Design YouTube” — and How to Stop It
A practical breakdown of interview freeze, decision paralysis, and the one habit that eliminates both Continue reading on Stackademic »
The 7 System Design Questions Every Senior Engineer Gets Asked (And the Answers That Actually Get…
Medium · Python 🏗️ Systems Design & Architecture ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
The 7 System Design Questions Every Senior Engineer Gets Asked (And the Answers That Actually Get…
Not textbook answers. The real frameworks that distinguish hired vs. rejected candidates at FAANG companies in 2025–2026 Continue reading on Stackademic »
Stop Tangling Your Backend
Medium · Python 🏗️ Systems Design & Architecture ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
Stop Tangling Your Backend
A practical look at Domain-Driven Hexagonal Architecture — and why your future self will thank you for caring about this now. Continue reading on Medium »
Prisma relationships, finally explained (with MySQL side by side)
Dev.to · Mohamed Idris 🏗️ Systems Design & Architecture ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
Prisma relationships, finally explained (with MySQL side by side)
If Prisma relationships feel like a maze, this post is for you. We are going to build the data model...
Designing Good MCP Tools (This Is Where Most Systems Fail)
Dev.to · Saras Growth Space 🏗️ Systems Design & Architecture ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
Designing Good MCP Tools (This Is Where Most Systems Fail)
By now, you understand how MCP works. But here’s the reality: Most MCP systems don’t fail because...
Eventual Consistency: Debugging the Hardest Class of Bugs
Dev.to · Samson Tanimawo 🏗️ Systems Design & Architecture ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
Eventual Consistency: Debugging the Hardest Class of Bugs
The Bug That Only Happens Sometimes User reports: "I updated my profile but it still shows...
Why Incident Command Principles Should Guide Software Architecture
Dev.to · Mendel Rosenblum 🏗️ Systems Design & Architecture ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
Why Incident Command Principles Should Guide Software Architecture
I spent five years as a paramedic in the New York City 911 system before I ever built software...
Building GNOME Apps with Rust, Part 4: Blueprint
Dev.to · fromthearchitect 🏗️ Systems Design & Architecture ⚡ AI Lesson 2mo ago
Building GNOME Apps with Rust, Part 4: Blueprint
This is Part 4 of a series taking a GNOME app from an empty directory to GNOME Circle. Part 3 walked...