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davideuler/architecture.of.internet-product

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TLDR

A curated collection of technical architecture documents from major internet companies like Google, Amazon, Alibaba, and Tencent, organized by company and topic for learning how large-scale systems are built.

Mindmap

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    What it does
      Architecture docs
      Company systems
      Design patterns
    Companies included
      Chinese tech
      US tech giants
      AI companies
    Organization
      By company
      By topic
      Numbered dirs
    Use cases
      Learn design
      Study systems
      Reference guide
    Audience
      Engineers
      Architects
      Students

Things people build with this

USE CASE 1

Study how Alibaba, Google, and Amazon structure their backend systems and databases.

USE CASE 2

Reference architecture patterns when designing your own large-scale web application.

USE CASE 3

Learn from real-world case studies of how major companies handle scaling, caching, and distributed systems.

Tech stack

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Getting it running

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In plain English

This repository is a curated collection of technical architecture documents from major internet companies. The project gathers architecture materials organized in two ways: numbered directories containing internet company architecture documents, and alphabetically organized directories covering architecture topics by theme. Companies referenced in the description include WeChat, Taobao, Weibo, Tencent, Alibaba, Meituan-Dianping, Baidu, OpenAI, Google, Facebook, Amazon, and eBay. The topics tag includes references to ChatGPT, GPT-4, DALL-E 3, and broader internet architecture guidelines. The repository welcomes community contributions via Pull Requests, inviting submissions of architecture introduction slides, PDFs, or web links that cover classic technical architectures. Related companion repositories are linked covering WeChat and Tencent architecture, Taobao and Alibaba architecture, and Meituan-Dianping architecture specifically. Open source project collections from Tencent, Alibaba, Meituan-Dianping, Baidu, and Qihoo 360 are also referenced. The project has over 20,000 stars, reflecting its popularity as a reference resource for people studying how large internet companies structure their technical systems.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1
Show me the architecture document for Alibaba's e-commerce platform from this repo and explain the key components.
Prompt 2
What are the main architectural patterns used by WeChat and Tencent according to the documents in this collection?
Prompt 3
Help me understand how Google and Amazon's architectures differ based on the materials in this repository.
Prompt 4
Extract the database and caching strategies from the Taobao architecture documents in this repo.
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