System Design Guide for Software Professionals

Table of Contents

1. Basics of System Design
2. Distributed System Attributes
3. Distributed Systems Theorems and Data Structures
4. Distributed Systems Building Blocks: DNS, Load Balancers, and Application Gateways
5. Design and Implementation of System Components – Databases and Storage
6. Distributed Cache
7. Pub/Sub and Distributed Queues
8. Design and Implementation of System Components: API, Security, and Metrics
9. System Design – URL Shortener
10. System Design – Proximity Service
11. Designing a Service Like Twitter
12. Designing a Service Like Instagram
13. Designing a Service Like Google Docs
14. Designing a Service Like Netflix
15. Tips for Interviewees
16. System Design Cheat Sheet