Would you like to learn about system architecture? Here are some good resources.

This article is a translation of システム設計関連の資料を読み漁った with additions and corrections.

What is the best way to learn about system architecture?

System architecture is a broad category.

If you want to learn how to approach everyday design challenges, prepare for a systems architecture interview, or learn more broadly about a wide range of systems architecture topics, there are good articles for you.

I've uploaded a list of some of the articles I've read and would like to share them with you.

Good resources for learning system architecture

GitHub

• donnemartin/system-design-primer
  • Seems to cover the basic concepts of system design. It seems to be maintained, but there are some 404 articles and links to articles whose contents seem to be outdated.
• shashank88/system_design
  • A collection of resources for an approach to beginning preparation for a systems design interview.
• yangshun/tech-interview-handbook
  • The content was about coding interviews, not system design.
• charlax/professional-programming
  • Not specific to system design, but about the knowledge of this and that in software development in general. There is also a discussion of system design. The necessary areas of engineering are covered widely.
• karanpratapsingh/system-design
  • A straightforward summary of the fundamentals of system design.
  • Good basic content, organized into a set of topics.
• checkcheckzz/system-design-interview
  • Links to articles related to system design.
• binhnguyennus/awesome-scalability
  • Links to articles related to system design. There are a large number of links for each keyword.
• System Design Cheatsheet
  • Not so much a cheatsheet as a list of system design keywords.

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
  • A collection of several examples of messaging patterns.
• tianpan.co
  • It describes architectural examples and theories in a simple manner with little explanations.
• hiredintech.com
  • A step-by-step explanation of the system design interview approach. Includes examples.
• Technical Interview Questions
  • A site where you can learn about technical interviews. It seems to be very useful if you are job hunting for overseas tech companies.
  • Various quizzes are prepared, and there is also a category for system design. There seem to be various questions and answers (discussions?). There seem to be a lot of questions and answers (discussions?), so I think it will be a good learning experience.
• How to Nail the System Design Interview + Top System Design Interview Questions and Answers
  • An overview of approaches to the system design interview.
• System Design Interview Questions - Concepts You Should Know
  • A collection of tips on what you should know about working on a system design interview.
• highscalability.com
  • Several articles from this site are also featured on system-design-primer. There are plenty of examples from various companies.
• How to Prepare for the System Design Interview in 2023
  • An easy-to-understand article on how to prepare for the system design interview.
• 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
  • An introductory article about system design interviews. It briefly describes the approach.
• System Design Interviews: A Step-By-Step Guide
  • Describes the approach to system design interviews.
• 6 Interview Questions for System Designers (With Example Answers)
  • Simple example questions and sample answers about the system design interview.
• Crack the System Design interview: tips from a Twitter software engineer
  • System Design Interview tips from a Twitter software engineer.
• System Design Interview Tutorial - The Beginner's Guide to System Design interview-practice-tutorial/)
  • How to approach an interview using Youtube's System Design as an example.
• The complete guide to cracking the System Design interview
  • How to approach a system design interview and links to example questions.
• System design interview prep (relax, start here)
  • System Design Interview Preparation, Basics
• System Design Interview Preparation Tips
  • System design interview tips
• Architecture Issues Scaling Web Applications
  • A straightforward and to the point article on application scaling and performance tuning.
• Little's Law in Performance Load Testing
  • About Little's Law in Performance Load Testing
  • It's good to remember this law when thinking about performance.
• How To Determine Web Application Thread Pool Size　
  • How to Determine Web Application Thread Pool Size
  • How to approach the problem with Little's Law in mind.
• principles.design
  • A collection of design principles not limited to system design.

Book.

• fundamentals of software architecture
  • A book about software architecture evaluation perspectives and architectural patterns.
• Software Architecture Hardparts
  • A book about hard problems in distributed systems approach.
  • I want to reread it...
  • I have a strong attachment to this book, as I volunteered to help with the translation review.
• Data Oriented Application Design
  • I think this is a bit far from the topic of system design, but I think there are many aspects that are relevant to the design of distributed systems.

Video

• 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 the services of several companies as subjects.
• CS75 (Summer 2012) Lecture 9 Scalability Harvard Web Development David Malan
  • Video of a class on scalability at Harvard University.
  • Probably quite famous

Slides

• Selecting and Using Messaging Services to Achieve "Loose Coupling"
  • Organized slides on comparison and usage considerations for messaging services.
  • Includes an introduction to AWS products.
• Data Oriented Application Design in 30 Minutes - Data Engineering Study #18
  • The main points of that book, which is difficult to understand, are organized in an easy-to-understand manner.