--- title: Best System Design Codex posts — December 2024 | daily.dev description: The most upvoted System Design Codex posts from December 2024, curated by the daily.dev community. canonical: https://daily.dev/sources/systemdesigncodex/best-of/2024/12 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:url: https://daily.dev/sources/systemdesigncodex/best-of/2024/12 og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Best System Design Codex posts — December 2024 | daily.dev og:description: The most upvoted System Design Codex posts from December 2024, curated by the daily.dev community. og:image: https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--VAY5ToZt--/f_auto/v1724209435/public/daily.dev%20-%20open%20graph --- # Best of System Design Codex — December 2024 1. 1 [](https://daily.dev/posts/8-must-know-strategies-to-build-scalable-systems-y91gnck13 "8 Must-Know Strategies to Build Scalable Systems") Article System Design Codex · 2y 8 Must-Know Strategies to Build Scalable Systems Explore eight essential strategies for building scalable systems, such as stateless services, horizontal scaling, load balancing, auto-scaling, caching, database replication, database sharding, and asynchronous processing. These techniques ensure systems can handle increased loads efficiently without compromising performance or user experience. 426 6 [See all System Design Codex archives](/sources/systemdesigncodex/best-of) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/sources/systemdesigncodex/best-of/2024/12#page","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/systemdesigncodex/best-of/2024/12","name":"Best System Design Codex Posts — December 2024","description":"The most upvoted System Design Codex posts from December 2024, curated by the daily.dev community.","isPartOf":{"@type":"WebSite","url":"https://daily.dev"}},{"@type":"ItemList","@id":"https://daily.dev/sources/systemdesigncodex/best-of/2024/12#items","numberOfItems":1,"itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/8-must-know-strategies-to-build-scalable-systems-y91gnck13","name":"8 Must-Know Strategies to Build Scalable Systems"}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sources","item":"https://daily.dev/sources"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"System Design Codex","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/systemdesigncodex"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Best of","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/systemdesigncodex/best-of"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"name":"December 2024"}]}]} ```