https://thedavidpage.pages.dev/tags/system-design/Recent content in System Design on The David PageHugo -- gohugo.ioenMon, 17 Aug 2026 10:00:00 +0700https://thedavidpage.pages.dev/posts/software-engineering/system-design/system-design-survival-guide-the-dream-of-boring-vs-ugly-reality/Mon, 17 Aug 2026 10:00:00 +0700https://thedavidpage.pages.dev/posts/software-engineering/system-design/system-design-survival-guide-the-dream-of-boring-vs-ugly-reality/<p><strong>Mixing <a href="https://www.seangoedecke.com/good-system-design/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sean Goedecke&rsquo;s</a> take with the full-contact roast the <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44921137" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hacker News</a> wizards gave it (957 points, 390 comments), you start to see that being a software engineer means trying to please everyone at once.</strong></p> <p>Here&rsquo;s a savage-but-affectionate recap of the internet&rsquo;s opinions on system design — full credit to Sean for the original ideas, the roasting is all Hacker News, and the part at the end where I get petty is entirely my own doing.</p>