ashishps1

    ashishps1/awesome-system-design-resources

    Learn System Design concepts and prepare for interviews using free resources.

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    8.9K forks
    469 GitHub watchers
    Updated Nov 6, 2026
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    The project lists 4 contributors on GitHub.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Provides a curated collection of free resources to learn system design concepts and prepare for technical interviews.
    • Offers comprehensive coverage of core system design topics, practical interview problems, and real-world architectural patterns in one place.
    • Use for mastering fundamental system design principles like scalability, availability, and distributed systems for software engineering interviews.
    • Use for exploring detailed design problems of popular applications such as WhatsApp, Netflix, and Uber to understand real-world system architectures.
    • Use for accessing curated articles, papers, and videos to deepen knowledge of advanced distributed systems and microservices concepts.

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    GPL 3.0

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    From the README

    This repository contains free resources to learn System Design concepts and prepare for interviews.

    👉 Subscribe to my AlgoMaster Newsletter and get a FREE System Design Interview Handbook in your inbox.

    ✅ If you are new to System Design, start here: System Design was HARD until I Learned these 30 Concepts

    Excerpt from the ashishps1/awesome-system-design-resources README on GitHub (GPL-3.0 license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

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