System Design Primer

Open-source guide to designing large-scale systems for interviews

The System Design Primer is a popular open-source collection of resources on scalability, caching, databases, and distributed systems, with worked interview questions and Anki flashcards.

Key features

Core scalability concepts
Worked system design questions
Anki flashcard decks
Community translations

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System design interview questions

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