Pixperk shares system design roadmap

- X thread by @pixperk recommends mastering system design from first principles: data structures, API design, networking, databases and tradeoffs rather than memorising patterns like URL shorteners. - Other X posts (@gxjo_dev, @0xlelouch_) add essentials: requirements gathering, data schemas, caching/sharding, latency vs consistency and failure handling for 2026 interviews. - The collective advice emphasises calm tradeoff explanations and engineering reasoning over buzzwords for staff‑level distributed systems. (x.com) (x.com) (x.com)