Archive - System Design, but Simple

June 2025

Stream Processing in 1 diagram and 196 words

Explained as simply as possible… but not simpler.

Jun 30

Ambassador Pattern in 1 diagram and 193 words

Explained as simply as possible… but not simpler.

Jun 26

Event Sourcing in 1 diagram and 205 words

Explained as simply as possible… but not simpler.

Jun 23

CQRS in 1 diagram and 178 words

Explained as simply as possible… but not simpler.

Jun 19

Pub/Sub in 1 diagram and 187 words

Explained as simply as possible… but not simpler.

Jun 16

Consistency Patterns in 3 diagrams and 165 words

Explained as simply as possible… but not simpler.

Jun 12

CAP Theorem in 1 diagram and 132 words

Explained as simply as possible… but not simpler.

Jun 9

Retry with Exponential Backoff in 1 diagram and 173 words

Explained as simply as possible… but not simpler.

Jun 5

Consistent Hashing in 1 diagram and 198 words

Explained as simply as possible… but not simpler.

Jun 2

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