Introduction to System Design - copy pasted in places, skippable overall

A basic introduction to architecting software applications, and I do mean basic.

I do a lot of system design for fun in side projects, so I picked this up wondering if it would teach me anything new. It didn’t, really.

I found it pretty repetitive, and some sections were actually copy pasted. There were a few English mistakes throughout the book as well. When a book about designing systems can’t keep its own sections deduplicated, it is hard to take the advice seriously.

To be fair, it’s not bad for some basic advice and a big picture overview of how some applications could be architected. It was a very short read, so at least it doesn’t waste much of your time. But I think there are better resources to spend your time on, and that is why it lands at 2/5 for me.

Who should read it: honestly, I can’t think of anyone I would hand this to. Even a total beginner would be better served elsewhere. If you want to learn system design, spend that same short read on almost anything else.