# puncsky/system-design-and-architecture

Learn how to design large-scale systems. Prep for the system design interview.

Repository: https://github.com/puncsky/system-design-and-architecture
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/system-design-and-architecture
Homepage: https://tianpan.co/notes/2016-02-13-crack-the-system-design-interview/
Language: Makefile
License Family: other
Topics: architecture, interview, design, design-patterns, web, interview-questions, interview-practice, development, design-system, system-design
Last push: 2024-12-17T23:10:26+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": 2534, "days_push": 624, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3556, forks 692 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:09.702671+00:00)

## What it is
An open-source book on system design and architecture that teaches how to design large-scale systems using a repeatable 4-step framework. It is primarily aimed at preparing software engineers for system design interviews and building real-world Internet products.

## Use cases
- prepare for a system design interview
- learn how to design large-scale systems
- understand how companies like Pinterest and FAANG scale their products
- learn a repeatable framework for approaching system design problems
- study system design theories as a junior developer
- get examples of designing real-world products and services

## When to choose
- you are preparing for system design interviews at any seniority level
- you want a structured, step-by-step approach to architecture problems
- you prefer learning from real-world industry examples with diagrams

## When to avoid
- you need domain-specific API design guidance
- you want deep coverage of object-oriented design
- you need a finished 2nd edition - it is still a work in progress

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: documentation, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, tutorials, web-development, backend, microservices
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: system-design, interview-preparation, architecture, book, scalability, web-server

## Member repositories
- puncsky/system-design-and-architecture (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:09.702671+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 2026-08-29T18:34:16.677490+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/puncsky/system-design-and-architecture (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:09.702671+00:00, sha f7ffb9a2185e)
  - homepage: https://tianpan.co/notes/2016-02-13-crack-the-system-design-interview/ (fetched 2026-08-29T09:28:05.105999+00:00, sha c6a529fb852d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.