Devoured System Design Resources

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I have gone through several resources related to system design, so I will compile them here as a link collection. There are many video resources I haven't watched yet. Additionally, some content might include topics that seem somewhat unrelated.

Motivation

The reason I researched various materials was to see if I could systematically learn about system design and because I wanted to enhance my skills in this area. To put it simply, I was looking for a starting point to improve my system design abilities.

When it comes to system design skills, I believe they largely depend on experience, like craftsmanship. However, I thought there might be many things that are good to know as knowledge, so I looked through a wide range of articles.

Of course, just reading them didn't improve my skills, nor did I expect it to, but I feel like I learned quite a bit about what I should know and points to consider, so I feel like I gained useful information for the future.

List of Resources

GitHub

• donnemartin/system-design-primer
  • It seems to cover the basic concepts of system design comprehensively. Although it is maintained, there are some 404 articles and links to outdated content.
• shashank88/system_design
  • A collection of resources for starting to prepare for system design interviews.
• yangshun/tech-interview-handbook
  • Content related to coding interviews, not system design.
• charlax/professional-programming
  • Not specialized in system design, but covers various insights into software development in general. It also includes system design discussions. Covers a wide range of areas necessary for engineering.
• karanpratapsingh/system-design
  • Concisely summarizes the basics of system design.
  • Basic content with a well-organized range of topics.
• checkcheckzz/system-design-interview
  • A collection of article links related to system design.
• binhnguyennus/awesome-scalability
  • A collection of article links related to system design. Rich in numbers by keyword.
• System Design Cheatsheet
  • More like a list of system design keywords than a cheat sheet.
• ByteByteGoHq/system-design-101
  • Easy to understand with illustrative diagrams.
• mehdihadeli/awesome-software-architecture
  • Aggregated information on software architecture.

Articles

• Scalable Web Architecture and Distributed Systems
  • An example of best practices when building the web as a distributed system.
• Enterprise Integration Patterns - Messaging Patterns
  • Introduces several examples of messaging patterns.
• tianpan.co
  • Briefly describes architecture examples and theories with minimal explanation.
• hiredintech.com
  • Step-by-step explanation of approaches to system design interviews, with examples.
• Technical Interview Questions
  • A site for learning about technical interviews. Seems very useful for job hunting at overseas tech companies.
  • Various quizzes are available, and there is a system design category. There seem to be various questions and answers (discussions?), which could be educational.
• How to Nail the System Design Interview + Top System Design Interview Questions and Answers
  • Overview of approaches to system design interviews.
• System Design Interview Questions – Concepts You Should Know
  • A collection of tips on what to know when tackling system design interviews.
• highscalability.com
  • Some articles from this site are introduced in the system-design-primer. Rich in examples from various companies.
• How to prepare for the System Design Interview in 2023
  • A well-organized article on preparing for system design interviews.
• Google System Design Interview Preparation Doc | Complete Guide
  • Summary of Google's system design interview preparation.
• An Introduction to System Design Interviews December 20, 2021
  • Introduction article on system design interviews. Briefly describes approaches.
• System Design Interviews: A Step-By-Step Guide
  • Describes approaches to system design interviews.
• 6 Interview Questions for System Designers (With Example Answers)
  • Simple examples and answers for system design interviews.
• Crack the System Design interview: tips from a Twitter software engineer
  • Tips on system design interviews from a Twitter engineer.
• System Design Interview Tutorial – The Beginner's Guide to System Design
  • Approach methods for interviews using system design examples on YouTube.
• The complete guide to cracking the System Design interview
  • Approach methods and example link collection for system design interviews.
• System design interview prep (relax, start here)
  • Preparation and basics for system design interviews.
• System Design Interview Preparation Tips
  • Tips for system design interviews.
• Architecture Issues Scaling Web Applications
  • An article that succinctly states the key points about scaling and performance tuning of applications.
• 性能負荷テストにおけるリトルの法則
  • About Little's Law in performance load testing.
  • Good to remember this law when considering performance.
• How To Determine Web Application Thread Pool Size
  • How to determine the thread pool size of web applications.
  • Approach considering Little's Law.
• principles.design
  • A collection of design principles, not limited to system design.

Books

• ソフトウェアアーキテクチャの基礎
  • A book on evaluation perspectives and architecture patterns of software architecture.
• ソフトウェアアーキテクチャ Hardparts
  • A book about difficult issues in approaches to distributed systems.
  • Want to reread...
  • A book I helped with as a volunteer for translation review, so I have a special attachment.
• データ指向アプリケーションデザイン
  • Although it seems quite far from the topic of system design, I think there are many parts that relate to the design of distributed systems, so I included it.
• システム設計の面接試験 has been published, so I read it.
  • System Design Interview – An insider's guide Japanese translation.
  • Although the content is somewhat familiar if you read donnemartin/system-design-primer, I feel like this type of book is not often published in Japan, so it's a book I want to keep on hand.
  • ByteByteGo
    • A service operated by the author.
    • Although it seems to be a paid service with some free content, it seems educational, so it might be worth subscribing.
    • A Discord channel about system design operated by the author was mentioned in the afterword, so I joined.

Videos

• System Design - Gaurav Sen
  • A collection of videos explaining major approaches and examples in system design.
• SYSTEM DESIGN INTERVIEW PREPARATION SERIES
  • A collection of videos explaining system design using services from various companies as examples.
• CS75 (Summer 2012) Lecture 9 Scalability Harvard Web Development David Malan
  • A lecture video on scalability at Harvard University.
  • Probably quite famous.

Slides

• 「疎結合」を実現するメッセージングサービスの選択と利用
  • Slides organized on the comparison and consideration of messaging services.
  • Includes introduction of AWS products.
• 30分でわかるデータ指向アプリケーションデザイン - Data Engineering Study #18
  • Organizes the key points of that difficult-to-understand book in an easy-to-understand manner.