system-design-primer VS developer-roadmap

System Design Primer (GitHub)

System Design Primer still relevant in every interview

Real-time Systems Design

📈 14. System Design Primer 📍 https://github.com/donnemartin/system-design-primer  🧱 A roadmap for scalable systems like YouTube, Netflix, and Twitter.  ✅ Best For: Backend, SDE-2+, architects

System Design Primer on GitHub** (https://github.com/donnemartin/system-design-primer) Best for: Learning system design. System design is a critical skill for engineers, especially those moving into senior roles. The System Design Primer on GitHub is an excellent resource that covers the fundamentals of designing scalable systems, a key area for technical interviews.

8️⃣ System Design Primer 🏗️ 📌 https://github.com/donnemartin/system-design-primer Learn system design concepts with real-world case studies and interview prep materials.

git clone https://github.com/donnemartin/system-design-primer.git

System Design Primer (GitHub)

💫 Distributed Systems ☄️ System Design Primer ✨ Real-World Maintainable Software 🎉 The 12 Factor App 🌟 Architecting Frontend Projects To Scale

supermatt makes an interesting distinction there: if you're more interested in the practical/professional aspect, don't get too sidetracked in the theoretical side.

Computer Science is fascinating and wide, but if you're interested in reskilling into a new, professionally profitable sector, veering too much into the theoretical aspect can prove detrimental.

However, as you mention, your objectives will adjust the more you come to learn, so it's important to keep an open mind and read more widely than just the next necessary thing.

Just beware of ADD side-tracking you, and have clear road maos. (Speaking from personal experience there, I always have to keep a check on my direction during both study and work, lest I lose too much time without much benefit.)

Speaking of roadmaps to study, perhaps this site can provide an early guide, augmented by books and courses, for your chosen field:

https://roadmap.sh/

And don't let your age deter you. People who love what they do are rare and priceless in any age range. If a company doesn't want to hire you due to your age, then that's probably a company you wouldn't enjoy working for anyway.

​Roadmap.sh​ is a wonderful resource for any developer. It gives you a terrific map of the things you could learn in the future and helps you understand where in the learning journey you probably are.

> everything is human-reviewed and open-sourced for community auditing

2 projects worth checking out here: https://github.com/kamranahmedse/developer-roadmap (open-sourced roadmaps, no course content) and also https://github.com/ossu for more college curricula level (with references to outside courses).

I've been personally working on AI generated courses for a couple of months (probably will open source it in 1–3 months). I think the trickiest part that I haven't figured out yet is how to kind of build a map of someone's knowledge so I can branch out of it, things like "have a CS degree" or "worked as a Frontend Dev" is a good starting point, but how to go from there?

I really like how Squirrel AI (EdTech Company) breaks things down — they split subjects into thousands of tiny “knowledge points.” Each one is basically a simple yes/no check: Do I know this or not?

To navigate effectively in this new era, you need to master both fundamentals and modern tools. Roadmap.sh offers a comprehensive guide, but here are the critical areas every engineer should master:

🔥 9. Developer Roadmaps 📍 https://github.com/kamranahmedse/developer-roadmap  Why it's awesome:  Visual learning paths for Frontend, Backend, DevOps, AI, DBMS, and more. It helps you stay on track with skills demanded in the real world. ✅ Best For: Career clarity seekers  📌 Update your resume based on this map

Anyways enough of that ranting, let me talk about what I have been upto these days. I started learning rust a month ago and have been learning DevOps for the past 3-4 months, I am following this roadmap from roadmap.sh (Great open source Place for roadmaps), and following that only made a switch from windows to linux. One of the better decisions I made recently cause I use this i3 laptop with 8Gb ram so windows had some difficulty working smoothly but ubuntu runs phenomenally disreagarding a few chrome crashes here and there everything run really smoothly.

Roadmap.sh Visual tech roadmaps for frontend, backend, DevOps, security, etc.

If you are willing to spend some on learning, I recommend subscribing to tryhackme.com. For me, they have the best materials for beginners. If you are on a budget, you may start looking for cybersecurity roadmap in roadmap.sh. They curate roadmaps for many IT careers and within nodes are free learning sources.

2️⃣ Developer Roadmap 🛤️ 📌 https://github.com/kamranahmedse/developer-roadmap A structured roadmap for learning Frontend, Backend, DevOps, and more with the latest technologies.

If you prefer structured guidance on skill development, check out roadmap.sh. Their curated roadmaps for different specializations complement the timeless skills in this guide.