System Design Ultimatum
A comprehensive collection of system design notes, diagrams, and interview preparation resources.
59
Study Notes
77
Diagrams
22
Categories
Study Note Collections
Overview and Reference
Indexes, topic maps, and high-signal reference notes · 4 files
Core Concepts
Foundational system design tradeoffs and patterns · 12 files
Databases and Storage Engines
Database engines, caches, indexes, and storage systems · 6 files
Streaming and Coordination
Kafka, Flink, coordination, and stream processing · 3 files
Cloud and Infrastructure
Cloud services, infrastructure, and operations references · 1 file
Geospatial Systems
Geospatial indexing and proximity query techniques · 1 file
High Performance Computing
HPC, low-latency, and high-throughput systems · 14 files
High Performance Computing / GPU MODE Lectures
HPC, low-latency, and high-throughput systems · 9 files
AI and LLM Systems
LLM architecture, RAG, agents, and evaluation · 6 files
System Design Categories
Deployment Strategies
Blue-green, canary, and rolling deployment strategies · 6 files
Storage, Data, and Compute Infrastructure
Distributed storage, key-value stores, file systems · 3 files
Content Delivery & Media Systems
CDN, media streaming, and content distribution systems · 4 files
Social & Communication Systems
Chat, feeds, notifications, and social graph systems · 12 files
Security, Identity, and Access Systems
Authentication, authorization, and security patterns · 3 files
Search, Discovery & Recommendation
Search engines, recommendations, and discovery systems · 10 files
AI Design Patterns
ML pipelines, inference, and AI system patterns · 6 files
Analytics, Streaming, and Data Pipelines
Kafka, Flink, coordination, and stream processing · 12 files
Foundational(Introductory) Design
Core building blocks: URL shorteners, rate limiters, load balancers · 16 files
DevOps-Cloud-SaaS Infrastructure
Cloud services, infrastructure, and operations references · 2 files