System Design Studio

Design. Simulate. Learn.

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The roadmap

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  1. PART I

    Foundations

    Think in systems before you draw boxes

    Ch. 1–3 · 0/3

  2. PART II

    Core Building Blocks

    Scaling, caching, storage, distributed theory, messaging, APIs, reliability

    Ch. 4–12 · 0/9

  3. PART III

    Classic Designs

    Twelve end-to-end systems, one repeatable template

    Ch. 13–24 · 0/12

  4. PART IV

    AI System Design

    ML platforms, ranking, LLM serving, RAG, agents and AI case studies

    Ch. 25–35 · 0/11

  5. PART V

    Playbook and Reference

    The design playbook, cheat-sheets, glossary and study plan

    Ch. 36–37 · 0/2

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Classic designs

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AI designs

RAG, agents, LLM serving, fraud.

Component Library

What each building block does and when to use it.