--- title: EP160: Top 20 System Design Concepts You Should Know description: Discover essential system design concepts such as load balancing, caching, and database sharding, which are crucial for building scalable and reliable systems.... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/ep160-top-20-system-design-concepts-you-should-know-r4hoxn6ge twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: EP160: Top 20 System Design Concepts You Should Know | daily.dev og:description: Discover essential system design concepts such as load balancing, caching, and database sharding, which are crucial for building scalable and reliable systems.... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/ep160-top-20-system-design-concepts-you-should-know-r4hoxn6ge og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/R4HoXN6gE.png og:image:alt: EP160: Top 20 System Design Concepts You Should Know og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # EP160: Top 20 System Design Concepts You Should Know **[ByteByteGo](https://daily.dev/sources/bytebytego)** · 8 min read · 122 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary Discover essential system design concepts such as load balancing, caching, and database sharding, which are crucial for building scalable and reliable systems. 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