@baldur I know this is hardly the worst part, but surely bonus points are in order for a system architecture that relies on a messaging bus with such a readable format! #discord #systemDesign ?!

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Just checking out some common system design questions out there.

Here's my "build a URL shortener" design system. The image could be improved, but I tried answering it in one shot.

This system doesn't consider the analytics side, and the system is covering the creation of a short URL and the visiting of the short URL. #systemdesign

WhatsApp reads zero of your messages — here's the math that makes that physically impossible.

#WhatsApp #Encryption #CyberSecurity #TechExplained #EndToEndEncryption #SystemDesign #HowItWorks #PrivacyMatters #TechCarousel #BuildInPublic

State machine design enforces idempotency in financial workflows. Business records hold an explicit state field, and transitions follow predefined rules. Repeated operations on an already-transitioned state produce no additional change.

#Idempotency #Fintech #SystemDesign

Most devs jump into microservices too early
Truth: most systems don’t need it at the start.
It adds complexity—network calls, harder debugging, data issues.
Start with a monolith. Scale when needed.
Right architecture > complex architecture.

https://jaswalaryan.space/article/microservices-architecture-guide-when-to-use

#Microservices #SoftwareArchitecture #SystemDesign #CloudComputing #DevOps #Docker #Kubernetes #APIDevelopment #TechLeadership #BackendDevelopment #Scalability #MonolithVsMicroservices #SoftwareEngineering #ProgrammingTips

The family just got bigger! Another „boar” by @martin arrived to my inbox today.

#systemdesign #SoftwareEngineering

It's become clear to me that the United Nations, despite continuing to do many good and useful things, has become unfit for its primary purpose: preventing war.

Difficult question: How to restructure the UN to achieve that aim?

Most difficult question: How to get the many Nation States to agree to such (hypothetical) restructuring, particularly the warmongering permanent members of the Security Council?

#systemDesign

What the DRAM Crunch Teaches Us About System Design

The rising DRAM crunch is forcing a rethink of AI workloads, with edge architectures offering a more resilient alternative.

EE Times

Title: P2: Building Agent Systems and Model Context Protocol (MCP). [2025-07-02 Wed]

and adapt, and not to ask bacteria to think about
planning.

Most common approaches are reinforcement
learning and "Lead agent." It is a long-term process
that orchestrates short ones. There are a huge amount of
heuristics that the lead agent may choose to organize
work. #dailyreport #aiagent #agenticengineering #llms #systemdesign #softwaredesign #softwarearchitect #systems

Title: P3: Building Agent Systems and Model Context Protocol (MCP). [2025-07-02 Wed]

MCP is just a list of tools and client-server layer.

MCP is very actively promoted, I guess, to increase cloud
integration with major USA-controlled providers to spin
up centralization in the current war that we see. #dailyreport #aiagent #agenticengineering #llms #systemdesign #softwaredesign #softwarearchitect #systems