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2026-09-15 · System Design
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System design and AI solutions architecture, written for engineers building real trading and fintech systems — part of the Algomi Suite.
System Design Made Simple
An original five-guide series on system design, from foundations through the interview workbook — start here.
2026-09-15 · System Design
A Good System Still Works on a Bad Day
SLIs/SLOs, redundancy and failover, circuit breakers and rate limiting, authentication vs authorization, OAuth/OIDC, and recovery targets — guide 4 of 5.
2026-09-15 · System Design
What Happens Between a Click and an Answer?
IP, DNS, HTTP, TCP/UDP, CDNs, load balancers, proxies, API styles, and live-update techniques, traced through one request — guide 2 of 5.
2026-09-15 · System Design
Explain the Design, Then Defend the Decisions
A 45-minute interview structure, two fully worked designs (a library reservation system, an async report job), a live-feed case, and 10 more practice questions with a two-week study plan — guide 5 of 5.
2026-09-15 · System Design
System Design Starts with a Library, Not a Server
Requirements, estimation, scaling, storage choices, replication, consistency, CAP/PACELC, and the hashing tricks behind large-scale systems — guide 1 of 5.
2026-09-15 · System Design
Let Each Part Do Its Job
Monoliths vs microservices, queues and streams, outbox and sagas, CQRS and event sourcing, and the object design patterns that organize the code inside — guide 3 of 5.
2026-09-15 · System Design