# soulmachine/system-design

系统设计面试题精选

Repository: https://github.com/soulmachine/system-design
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/soulmachine-system-design
License: CC0-1.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: system-design, interview-questions
Last push: 2022-10-20T09:49:54+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3422, "days_push": 1413, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1367, forks 272 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:31.528155+00:00)

## What it is
A curated book of classic system design interview questions with detailed, in-depth explanations, available for free online reading. It is written primarily in Chinese and licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.

## Use cases
- prepare for system design interviews at tech companies
- learn how to design scalable systems like URL shorteners or news feeds
- study common system design interview questions with worked solutions
- review distributed systems design patterns before an onsite interview
- practice answering 'design Twitter' or 'design TinyURL' style questions

## When to choose
- you are preparing for backend or senior engineer interviews that include system design rounds
- you prefer Chinese-language explanations of system design topics
- you want a free, concise collection of classic interview questions with detailed answers

## When to avoid
- you need hands-on code or runnable implementations rather than conceptual explanations
- you need up-to-date content reflecting the latest interview trends, as the book was last updated in 2022
- you require English-language material

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: maintenance
- function: documentation
- domain: developer-tools, tutorials, education
- platform: -
- tags: system-design, interview-preparation, book, chinese-language, web-server

## Member repositories
- soulmachine/system-design (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:31.528155+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:41:09.518158+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/soulmachine/system-design (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:31.528155+00:00, sha 96be0ff26223)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.