awesome-scalability

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binhnguyennus/awesome-scalability

An updated and organized reading list for illustrating the patterns of scalable, reliable, and performant large-scale systems. Concepts are explained in the articles of prominent engineers and credible references. Case studies are taken from battle-tested systems that serve millions to billions of users.

If your system goes slow

Understand your problems: scalability problem (fast for a single user but slow under heavy load) or performance problem (slow for a single user) by reviewing some design principles and checking how scalability and performance problems are solved at tech companies. The section of intelligence are created for those who work with data and machine learning at big (data) and deep (learning) scale.

If your system goes down

“Even if you lose all one day, you can build all over again if you retain your calm!” - Thuan Pham, former CTO of Uber. So, keep calm and mind the availability and stability matters!

If you are having a system design interview

Look at some interview notes and real-world architectures with completed diagrams to get a comprehensive view before designing your system on whiteboard. You can check some talks of engineers from tech giants to know how they build, scale, and optimize their systems. Good luck!

If you are building your dream team

The goal of scaling team is not growing team size but increasing team output and value. You can find out how tech companies reach that goal in various aspects: hiring, management, organization, culture, and communication in the organization section.

Community power

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Scalability

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Architecture

Interview

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Introduction

Falsehoods

Algorithms

Data Structures

Numbers

Strings

Latency

Time

Memory

Distributed Systems

RegExp

Security

UX/Usability

SEO

Architecture

Code Design

Engineering Philosophy

Practices

Career

Fine-tune Your Resume

Open Source

Remote Work

Problem Solving

Soft Skills

Mental Health

Papers on Programming

Free Books on Programming

Services :zap:

Licenses

Where To Look For Further Info

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Platform Engineering

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binhnguyennus/awesome-scalability

If your system goes slow

If your system goes down

If you are having a system design interview

If you are building your dream team

Community power

Content

Principle

Scalability

Availability

Stability

Performance

Intelligence

Architecture

Interview

Organization

Talk

A Piece of Cake