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donnemartin/system-design-primer

Learn how to design large-scale systems. Prep for the system design interview. Includes Anki flashcards.

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Stars, forks and merged pull requests each day or month, lined up with the repository's rank on Trendshift Trending

Sep 14 – Nov 13, 2026

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Forks +1,240 in 61 days

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Stars, forks, merged pull requests and Trendshift Trending rank, by day
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Tue, Sep 15, 2026+198+170
Wed, Sep 16, 2026+188+220
Thu, Sep 17, 2026+140+180
Fri, Sep 18, 2026+129+150
Sat, Sep 19, 2026+106+120
Sun, Sep 20, 2026+202+150
Mon, Sep 21, 2026+173+420
Tue, Sep 22, 2026+170+350
Wed, Sep 23, 2026+151+300
Thu, Sep 24, 2026+130+250
Fri, Sep 25, 2026+176+250
Sat, Sep 26, 2026+238+180
Sun, Sep 27, 2026+157+220
Mon, Sep 28, 2026+206+200
Tue, Sep 29, 2026+170+180
Wed, Sep 30, 2026+130+210
Thu, Oct 1, 2026+147+170
Fri, Oct 2, 2026+139+210
Sat, Oct 3, 2026+108+150
Sun, Oct 4, 2026+103+160
Mon, Oct 5, 2026+121+150
Tue, Oct 6, 2026+110+170
Wed, Oct 7, 2026+128+120
Thu, Oct 8, 2026+0+190
Fri, Oct 9, 2026+128+140
Sat, Oct 10, 2026+118+160
Sun, Oct 11, 2026+107+430
Mon, Oct 12, 2026+161+150
Tue, Oct 13, 2026+154+200
Wed, Oct 14, 2026+127+210
Thu, Oct 15, 2026+106+170
Fri, Oct 16, 2026+108+120
Sat, Oct 17, 2026+97+100
Sun, Oct 18, 2026+107+110
Mon, Oct 19, 2026+141+220
Tue, Oct 20, 2026+128+150
Wed, Oct 21, 2026+120+180
Thu, Oct 22, 2026+146+280
Fri, Oct 23, 2026+141+140
Sat, Oct 24, 2026+127+250
Sun, Oct 25, 2026+115+260
Mon, Oct 26, 2026+139+250
Tue, Oct 27, 2026+132+200
Wed, Oct 28, 2026+108+160
Thu, Oct 29, 2026+162+350
Fri, Oct 30, 2026+139+230
Sat, Oct 31, 2026+98+260
Sun, Nov 1, 2026+95+270
Mon, Nov 2, 2026+121+140
Tue, Nov 3, 2026+139+250
Wed, Nov 4, 2026+108+130
Thu, Nov 5, 2026+164+230
Fri, Nov 6, 2026+162+320
Sat, Nov 7, 2026+121+220
Sun, Nov 8, 2026+94+270
Mon, Nov 9, 2026+96+180
Tue, Nov 10, 2026+132+220
Wed, Nov 11, 2026+25+160
Thu, Nov 12, 2026+103+160
Fri, Nov 13, 2026+12+20
Total+8,002+1,2400
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    1. Nov 101 post

      • Bookmark this for ML Bookmark this for system design Thank me later :)

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    2. Nov 91 post

      • 30 GitHub Repos every job seeker should know From finding hidden jobs to interview and company playbooks

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    3. Nov 51 post

      • Full prompt. Copy all of it and paste it into Grok Bot or your coding agent as is ↓ Act as my system design lead. Don't write code yet. Project: [WHAT I'M BUILDING] Stack: [CURRENT TOOLS OR NOT…

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    4. Oct 301 post

      • 5 free CS repos: build-your-own-x: rebuild it yourself (558K) system-design-primer: system design 101 (376K) developer-roadmap: pick your path (371K) awesome-python: find any Python tool (328K)…

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    5. Oct 251 post

      • GitHub 上收藏的仓库一抓一大把，可真正点开过的能有几个？说句实在话，这跟囤电子书没啥区别，存下来就当自己已经学过了。📚 能让我反复翻出来看的，兜兜转转也就这 5 个： 1️⃣ public-apis —— 几百个免费 API 按领域分好类，做 demo 时随手一翻就有 2️⃣ build-your-own-x —— 从零手撸数据库、编译器、Docker，费曼学习法的天花板级实践 3️⃣…

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      • 想系统学习系统设计，这 10 个 GitHub 仓库覆盖了基础概念、架构可视化、可扩展性、面试准备、机器学习系统和真实工程案例。 System Design Primer 系统设计核心概念、扩展性与面试准备。 System Design 101 通过图解理解常见系统架构。 System Design by Karan Pratap Singh 按结构学习系统设计和架构基础。 Awesome…

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    7. Oct 151 post

      • Off-campus job hunting is draining and time-consuming. Make the most of your prep time with these resources

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    8. Oct 121 post

      • 50个超实用的GitHub仓库 1. iFixAi — AI对齐测试 → 2. public-apis — 免费API合集 → 3. build-your-own-x — 边做边学 → 4. developer-roadmap — 学习任何技能 → 5. free-programming-books — 数千本免费书籍 → 6. system-design-primer — 系统设计入门 →…

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      • 4. Get comfortable debugging unfamiliar code -->

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