@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.
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.
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?
DRAM Crunch: Lessons for System Design
https://www.eetimes.com/what-the-dram-crunch-teaches-us-about-system-design/
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
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