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Scalable system design adds resources to handle more work or larger data. A good design clarifies requirements, sketches major components, details the core parts, and then removes bottlenecks.

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  • Vertical scaling
  • Horizontal scaling
  • Caching
  • Load balancing
  • Database replication
  • Database partitioning
  • Latency vs throughput
  • Availability vs consistency

Source: GitHub - donnemartin/system-design-primer: Learn how to design large-scale systems. Prep for the system design interview. Includes Anki flashcards.. Checked 2026-11-03.