Free System Design Ebooks
Alex Xu (ByteByteGo) made all seven of his system design ebooks free for a limited time (available until May 1), covering Generative AI, mobile, ML system design and classic scale patterns — a timely, no‑cost resource for FAANG prep. The set complements other open system‑design curricula circulating this week. (x.com)
The seven ByteByteGo titles in the bundle list as System Design Interview (Volume 1), System Design Interview (Volume 2), Machine Learning System Design Interview, Generative AI System Design Interview, Coding Interview Patterns, Mobile System Design Interview, and Object Oriented Design Interview. (bookscouter.com) Generative AI System Design Interview credits Ali Aminian and Hao Sheng as authors and is published by ByteByteGo with an ISBN 1736049143 and a November 2024 release. (amazon.com) Machine Learning System Design Interview lists Ali Aminian and Alex Xu as co‑authors and appears on bibliographic listings as a ByteByteGo title released in 2023. (books.google.com) System Design Interview — the core two‑volume set — is authored by Alex Xu (with Sahn Lam on Volume 2); Volume 1 traces to a 2020 edition while Volume 2 shows later, updated printings into 2023. (amazon.com) Coding Interview Patterns (Alex Xu, Shaun Gunawardane) is cataloged as a ByteByteGo release dated November 25, 2024, and ByteByteGo hosts a companion GitHub repository and course assets for the title. (bookscouter.com) ByteByteGo’s site and course pages host downloadable visual guides and classroom‑style modules that accompany the books (the Generative AI volume advertises 280+ diagrams), and the publisher also curates a library of visual guides and case studies on its site. (amazon.com) Those ByteByteGo materials sit alongside active open‑source curricula: the long‑running System Design Primer on GitHub remains maintained and multiple “update” forks have been published that add GenAI‑focused modules and study paths. (github.com)
