Introduction to System Design: Crack System Design Interviews and Understand how your favorite Tech products work

by Shivam Singh

How do you design services like Instagram or Messenger, which have over 1 Billion users? This book will teach you how to answer these questions and more.

Systems design is the process of defining the architecture, product design, modules, interfaces, and data for a system to satisfy specified requirements. Systems design could be seen as the application of systems theory to product development. As a result, there is some overlap with the disciplines of systems analysis, systems architecture, and systems engineering. Designing software systems is a vast topic, and even a software engineer having years of experience at a top software company may not claim to be an expert on system design. Companies spend not weeks but months and hire a big team of software engineers to build such systems in real life. While this book is oriented towards Software Developers and Architects, this book can be helpful for any working in the High-Tech industry. In this, we will understand how popular products such as Instagram, Facebook Messenger, Dropbox, TinyURL, and Pastebin are designed. No prior technical knowledge is required before picking up this book. As a Product Manager or Startup Founder, having a high-level understanding of the various technologies being used in you as well as popular products across the industry would be a handy tool in your toolkit. As a Venture Capitalist, you can better analyze the capabilities of the tech teams of the startups you are investing in as well as understand how their tech stands apart from the competition. Even if you are not working directly in the Tech industry, everyone uses these products on a daily basis. Therefore, having an understanding of how these products work could help you improve your digital life and make use of these products in a better way.

120 pages, Hardcover

Published January 19, 2022

About the author

Shivam Singh is a Finanace Professional, based in Toronto, Canada. In his 31 years of incarnation, he has made a lot of achievements and excelled in almost all the aspects of life. He has worked with some of the best companies in his profession, been a Background Actor of several American Movies and TV series and Brand Ambassador of more than forty North American Brands.

The book "Best Friends" is first milestone in his writing aspirations and it’s an outcome of affection for his best friend, to whom this book has been dedicated. He is an ardent swimmer and traveler and can be found swimming or travelling somewhere to an exotic destination, when he is not busy doing his 9 to 5 Job.