karanpratapsingh/system-design resource
Learn how to design systems at scale and prepare for system design interviews observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
73/100
- Activity 91
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 1479
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 57
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
45800 stars · 5991 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
A free, open-source course and ebook teaching how to design large-scale systems and prepare for system design interviews. It covers networking fundamentals, databases, caching, distributed systems concepts, and worked interview examples like designing Twitter or Uber.
Use cases
- prepare for a system design interview
- learn how to scale systems
- understand CAP theorem and sharding
- learn the difference between SQL and NoSQL databases
- study load balancing and caching strategies
- practice designing apps like WhatsApp or Netflix
When to choose
- you are preparing for system design or senior engineering interviews
- you want a free, structured introduction to distributed systems concepts
- you prefer learning from a curated course with worked examples
When to avoid
- you need hands-on code or runnable implementations of these patterns
- you want deep academic treatment of distributed systems theory
- you need vendor-specific cloud architecture guidance
Facets
learning-resource · maturity active
developer-tools documentation microservices developer-tools tutorials cross-platform system-design interview-preparation scalability microservices architecture course ebook web-server
8 sources
- readme: https://github.com/karanpratapsingh/system-design · fetched 2026-08-28 · ebbf7dcdd065
- homepage: https://leanpub.com/systemdesign · fetched 2026-08-29 · e6259a64a97a
- site_page: https://leanpub.com/about · fetched 2026-08-29 · a3ffdd2e2a46
- site_page: https://leanpub.com/authors · fetched 2026-08-29 · 8047e75e1d4b
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- site_page: https://help.leanpub.com/en/articles/4405350-leanpub-author-faq · fetched 2026-08-29 · 6798dddde50d
- site_page: https://leanpub.com/help/api · fetched 2026-08-29 · a3f97ef691e5
- site_page: https://help.leanpub.com/en/articles/3788293-the-leanpub-faq · fetched 2026-08-29 · bab4d516dc40
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| karanpratapsingh/system-design | main | 73 |
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