Series
Series
Think in Systems uses series to explore complex topics progressively.
Instead of treating every article as an isolated idea, each series connects related concepts and builds understanding step by step.
Software Systems Fundamentals
A practical introduction to the systems and architecture behind modern software.
Topics include:
• What is a system?
• How load balancers work
• Databases, caches and queues
• Scaling systems
• Architecture decisions and tradeoffs
Wealthtech Architecture Fundamentals
Architecture design, decisions, tradeoffs and engineering principles behind modern financial platforms.
Topics include:
• Modern brokerage architecture
• Orders, executions, trades, transactions and positions
• Financial ledgers
• PostgreSQL, Kafka, Redis and WebSockets
• Flink and Spark
• Market data architecture
• CDC and analytics
• Scaling financial systems
• Correctness and scale
• Designing failure into financial platforms
More series coming
Think in Systems will continue to add focused series around technology, AI, business and product systems.