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System Design Preparation

System Design Preparation roadmap, topics, books

From arkapg211002·Updated June 19, 2026·View on GitHub·

1. Prerequisite subjects under MAKAUT include `Computer Organisation and Architecture`, `Operating Systems`, `Object Oriented Programming`, `Software Engineering`, `Computer Networks`, `Database Management`, `Distributed Database management`, `Big data`. 2. Follow this -> [System Design Roadmap](https://roadmap.sh/system-design) 3. Follow this repo -> [System Design Primer](https://github.com/donnemartin/system-design-primer) 4. Read [Designing Data-Intensive Applications - Martin Kleppmann](htt... The project is written primarily in Java, first published in 2023. Key topics include: high-level-design, interview-preparation, low-level-design-problems, system-design.

System Design Preparation (Roadmap)

  1. Prerequisite subjects under MAKAUT include </br>
    Computer Organisation and Architecture, Operating Systems, Object Oriented Programming, Software Engineering, Computer Networks, Database Management, Distributed Database management, Big data.
  2. Follow this -> System Design Roadmap
  3. Follow this repo -> System Design Primer
  4. Read Designing Data-Intensive Applications - Martin Kleppmann
  5. Read System Design Inteview by Alex xu
  6. Read Building Microservices
  7. Follow this template to approach System Design problems
  8. Follow this page Leetcode Discuss System Design
  9. Follow this youtube playlist for High Level Design
  10. Follow this youtube playlist for Low Level Design

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High Level Design topics

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1☑Learn About Network Protocols (TCP, Websocket, HTTP etc.)
2☑Client-Server Vs Peer 2 Peer Architecture
3☑C.A.P Theorem
4Microservices Imp. Design Patterns (SAGA pattern, Strangler Pattern)
5Scale from 0 to Million Users
6Design Consistent Hashing
7☑Design URL Shortening
8Back of the Envelope Estimation
9☑Design Key-Value Store
10☑SQL vs NoSQL, When to Use Which DB
11Design WhatsApp
12Design Rate Limiter
13Design Search Autocomplete System / Typeahead System
14☑Understand Message Queue , Kafka etc.
15☑What is Proxy Servers
16☑What is CDN
17☑Storage types: (Block Storage, File Storage, Object Storage (S3) , RAID)
18☑File System (Google File System, HDFS)
19Bloom Filter
20Merkle Tree , Gossiping Protocol
21☑Caching (Cache Invalidation, Cache eviction)
22☑How to Scale Database Sharding (Horizontal and Vertical) Partitioning Replication, Mirroring Leader Election Indexing etc.
23Design Notification System
24Design Pastebin
25Design Twitter
26Design Dropbox
27Design Instagram
28Design YouTube
29Design Google Drive
30Design Web Crawler
31Design Facebook News Feed / Newsfeed System
32Design Ticket Master
33Design NearByFriends or Yelp

Low Level Design topics

SnoStatusLLD patternsRelated Questions
1☑Strategy patternSOLID principles
2☑Observer PatternDesign Notify-Me Button Functionality
3☑Decorator PatternDesign Pizza Billing System
4☑Factory PatternDesign Parking Lot
5☑Abstract Factory PatternDesign Snake n Ladder game
6☑Chain of Responsibility PatternDesign Elevator System
7☑Proxy PatternDesign Car Rental System
8☑Null Object PatternDesign Logging System
9☑State PatternDesign Tic-Tac-Toe game
10☑Composite PatternDesign BookMyShow & Concurrency handling
11☑Adapter PatternDesign Vending Machine
12☑Singleton PatternDesign ATM
13☑Builder PatternDesign Chess game
14☑Prototype PatternDesign File System
15☑Bridge PatternDesign Splitwise
16☑Façade PatternSplitwise Simplify Algorithm / Optimal Accounting Balancing
17☑Flyweight PatternDesign CricBuzz / CricketInfo
18☑Command PatternDesign True Caller
19☑Interpreter PatternDesign Car Booking Service like Ola, Uber
20☑Iterator PatternDesign Online Hotel Booking System
21☑Mediator PatternDesign Library Management System
22☑Memento PatternDesign Traffic Light System
23☑Template Method PatternDesign Meeting Scheduler
24☑Visitor PatternDesign Online Voting System
25☑Design Inventory Management System
26☑Design Cache Mechanism
27☑Design LinkedIn
28☑Design Amazon
29☑Design Airline Management System
30☑Design Stock Exchange System
31☑Design Learning Management System
32☑Design a Calendar Application
33☑Design (LLD) Payment System
34☑Design (LLD) Chat based system
35☑Design Food delivery app like Swiggy and Zomato
36☑Design Community Discussion Platform
37☑Design Restaurant Management System
38☑Design Bowling Alley Machine
39☑Design (LLD) Rate Limiter

Drive Link for all the Books

Bare Minimum to do if short of time for reading books

  1. https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/system-design/complete-roadmap-to-learn-system-design/
  2. https://gitorko.github.io/post/grokking-the-system-design-interview/

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