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Ask HN: System Design Resources espcially for unusual system design?

2 pointsby 3a2d292 months ago
I am looking for something to help with generic system design and building a base for questions especially outside of the usual system design that focuses on web apps.<p>I was once asked a system design question for designing a sports book betting model. I had to come up with a model that calculated odds for many games &#x2F; parleys.<p>There was nothing about load balances, end users, APIs, or DB choices.<p>Every time I look online I see resources that seem to almost entirely focus on system design for full-stack web and mobile apps. Everything is about load balancers&#x2F;APIs&#x2F;latency&#x2F;replicating data...nothing about how someone might design any other piece of software.<p>Any run into this and have recommendations?

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sargstuff2 months ago
Load balancing &#x2F; APIs &#x2F; latency &#x2F; replicating data is usually handled at OS level (drivers, &#x27;database as an os&#x27;, traditional &#x27;os&#x27;, &#x27;caching&#x27;, memory,hard drive, network load balancing )<p>Programming languate data structure level detail : &quot;Database Internals, A Deep Dive into How Distributed Data Systems Work&quot; by Alex Petrov
caprock2 months ago
This is pretty interesting:<p>The Architecture of Open Source Applications <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;aosabook.org&#x2F;en&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;aosabook.org&#x2F;en&#x2F;</a>