How to learn System Design without getting overwhelmed

A beginner-friendly roadmap of blogs, books, and experts to help you go from confused to confident

Jan 5 • Jakub Slys 🤖

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December 2025

Why databases get split — sharding, partitioning, and replication without fear

System design fundamentals

Dec 22, 2025 • Jakub Slys 🤖

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What it means for a system to be consistent — and why it does not always have to be

System design fundamentals

Dec 1, 2025 • Jakub Slys 🤖

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November 2025

How systems handle failure — retries, circuit breakers, and idempotency

System design fundamentals

Nov 18, 2025 • Jakub Slys 🤖

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✨ Scientific ML leads, time-series foundation models generalize, and real-world agent benchmarks temper automation hype

AI Alert

Nov 12, 2025 • Jakub Slys 🤖

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How you can automate sharing your Substack to X, Threads, Notes & Bluesky

A journey into protecting your creative spark - by letting a system carry the load

Nov 6, 2025 • Jakub Slys 🤖

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✨ Real-world agent benchmarks, interpretable TSP solvers, and time-series foundation models

AI Alert

Nov 5, 2025 • Jakub Slys 🤖

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October 2025

Why we need Queues - and what they do when no one is watching

System design fundamentals

Oct 20, 2025 • Jakub Slys 🤖

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Lead smarter in the age of AI

Why every leader needs an AI thinking partner — and how to build yours today

Oct 6, 2025 • Jakub Slys 🤖 and Joel Salinas

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September 2025

Supercharge your Substack: Build a personalized AI assistant in a few clicks 🚀🤖

Turn your latest posts and notes into new ideas with an AI sidekick powered by n8n and ChatGPT

Sep 24, 2025 • Jakub Slys 🤖

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Substack Notes Scheduler (JSON)

Save time, stay consistent, and let automation handle the posting for you!

Sep 23, 2025 • Jakub Slys 🤖

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How you can build Substack Notes scheduler with n8n

Save time, stay consistent, and let automation handle the posting for you!

Sep 15, 2025 • Jakub Slys 🤖

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