https://imran-khan.com/tags/system-design/ Recent content in System Design on Imran Khan Hugo -- 0.127.0 en-us Sun, 09 Aug 2026 06:51:15 +0000 https://imran-khan.com/posts/50-system-design-terms-explained-the-way-id-explain-them-to-a-friend/ Sun, 09 Aug 2026 06:51:15 +0000 https://imran-khan.com/posts/50-system-design-terms-explained-the-way-id-explain-them-to-a-friend/ Early in my career I’d hear a term in a design review, nod, and Google it under the table. Plenty of us do this. The vocabulary sounds scarier than the ideas behind it. So here’s my plain-English version of 49 terms. I’ve grouped them by the kind of problem each one solves, not alphabetically, because I find that’s easier to remember. Part 1: Handling Growth and Traffic 1. Scalability. Can your system survive getting popular?