Wrapping Up the Building Blocks Discussion
Explore the transition from foundational distributed systems components to a full-scale System Design application. Apply your knowledge of building blocks to tackle sixteen complex, real-world design challenges, including YouTube, Uber, and WhatsApp.
We'll cover the following...
The previous sections introduced the core building blocks used in distributed system design. The next sections apply these concepts to concrete system design case studies. The following discussions build on these components and assume familiarity with their design and trade-offs.
What’s next?
We will study the following seventeen systems:
Each design can be read independently, but the chapters are structured to build on one another. Some case studies introduce background concepts that are reused in later designs. For example, the Google Maps case study provides context for the Uber system design.
We have also included the “Lessons from System Failures” chapter, in which we discuss how minor errors led to significant failures in some of the most successful systems. At the end, we have provided free resources, including System Design interview guides and case studies, to help you prepare for your upcoming interviews.