This Medium article by Shivam Bhadani provides a comprehensive guide to system design for beginners. It covers fundamental concepts like servers, latency, and throughput, progressing to advanced topics such as scaling strategies (vertical and horizontal), database scaling, microservices, caching, and message brokers. The author emphasises practical implementation alongside theory, using real-world examples and providing exercises to reinforce learning. The article concludes with advice on approaching system design problems and includes numerous illustrations. A strong focus is placed on distributed systems and their associated challenges, including consistency and leader election.

Article: https://medium.com/@shivambhadani_/system-design-for-beginners-everything-you-need-in-one-article-c74eb702540b