https://www.rambling-me.com/blog A blog to reflect my thoughts, learnings, and observations en-us me@rambling-me.com (Dopeking) me@rambling-me.com (Dopeking) Sat, 06 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.rambling-me.com/blog/posts/technology/designing-systems/1-how-to-approach https://www.rambling-me.com/blog/posts/technology/designing-systems/1-how-to-approach How a staff engineer actually approaches a system design in the wild. Framing the problem, separating requirements from constraints from tradeoffs, surfacing hidden assumptions, sketching before deciding, and treating the design as a communication artifact. Sat, 06 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT me@rambling-me.com (Dopeking) technologysystem-designdesigning-systemspractitionerstaff-engineerNFRtradeoffsframing