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Staring Starting from Alex Xu (book), a 4-step process for effective system design would be great !

Step 1 : Understand the problem and establish the design scope

  • Understand the context and the constraints : ask questions to establish the type of constraints (technological, infra, etc.).
  • What specific features we are going to build ?
  • How many users does the product have ? How many users do we expect in the future ?
  • How fast the company anticipate to scale up ? 3 months, 6 months and 1 year ?
  • What is the company's technology stack ? What is the technological legacy ? What existing services we might leverage to simplify the design ?

Step 2 : Establish a high-level design 

  • Click "Edit" to enter the Confluence editor and use the page layouts feature to structure your content using sections and columns.
  • Use headings to format your text and drag and drop images into your page to provide visual interest.
  • Click "Insert" and select "Other Macros" to add macros for navigation, special formatting and other media.



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Step 3 : Design deep dive

Here are some tips for organising your content.

  • Change the page order

The sidebar on the left displays your pages in a hierarchy. If you have Space Administrator permissions you can click "Space Tools" > "Reorder Pages" to move pages around.

  • Add labels

Labels help keep pages organised and make it easier for you to find the information you need. Click "Labels" at the bottom of a page to add or edit. The "Related pages" section on this page uses labels too!

  • Make templates

Standardise and speed up the page creation process with templates. You can create and format a template with page layouts, standard headings and instructional text for hints and guidelines. Check out our sample page on "Making a template"

Step 4 : Establish the pros and the cons