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System Design Roadmap for Beginners

Neha Sharma on March 14, 2025

System design sounds overwhelming. If you are an engineer who has decided to learn system design, this blog will help you start with a structured...
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Lindiwe Dokotala

Incredible work! The way you explained everything made it so much clearer. Thank you for sharing your knowledge, @hellonehha .

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Neha Sharma

Thank you @lindiwe09 . I hope this will start your journey to learn system design

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Lindiwe Dokotala

Sure!I’m excited to dive into system design — this article was a great starting point!

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Abhishek Kumar

Thank you,

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Mohammad Yasin Noori

Great Insights!

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nadeem zia

Amazing information provided

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Timi Olayinka

Thank you

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rabie saeed

Good explanation.

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Neha Sharma

Thank you @rabie_saeed

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Good explanation

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Neha Sharma

Thank you @mahdisaneifar

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Veilgen Security

I love the restaurant analogy! It makes complex system design concepts much more relatable. One thing I'd add is how queueing systems (like Kafka or RabbitMQ) could be compared to restaurant waitlists—managing orders efficiently and preventing overload. What do you think?

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This is a fantastic guide for anyone starting with system design! I like how you explain the key ideas—performance, scalability, reliability, and more—in a way that’s easy to follow.

The restaurant analogy makes it so clear. A chef keeping the kitchen running smoothly is just like designing a system that doesn’t break under pressure. I think beginners could also try building something small, like a to-do app with a database and caching, to see these ideas in action.

Your step-by-step approach really takes away the fear of starting something big like this. Thanks for sharing such a helpful roadmap—can’t wait to dig deeper into these topics!

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Alex Tao

Thank you! Remarkable insight.It is helpful for my study path on system design.

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Amit Kumar Rout

Thank you for this article.