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Architecture explainers of public companies and systems. Request paths, data stores, failure domains — grounded in public sources, with mermaid diagrams.

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Alibaba architecture illustrationAlibaba Java agentic workflowsStandardizing Agentic Java Workflows with Alibaba's Open-Source StackExplore how Alibaba leverages Spring AI, Spring Cloud, Fastjson, and P3C to enforce Java code quality, secure multi‑agent workflows, and streamline enterprise‑…2026-09-0323 minWalmart Architecture architecture illustrationHybrid Cloud OrchestrationWalmart: Orchestrating Hybrid Infrastructure Across Distributed Retail SitesExplore Walmart’s hybrid cloud strategy that unifies Amazon EKS Anywhere, AWS serverless services, and event‑driven automation to manage 10,000+ edge stores at…2026-09-0326 minInstagram Architecture architecture illustrationHybrid Cloud OrchestrationOrchestrating Hybrid Clouds and Vector Pipelines with AWS Serverless for InstagramExplore Instagram Architecture's hybrid cloud strategy using AWS Serverless, EKS Anywhere, DynamoDB vector search, and guardrails for AI agents, boosting relia…2026-09-0328 minTwitter Architecture architecture illustrationTwitter caching stackScaling Caching and Media Pipelines with Twitter's Open-Source StackExplore how Twitter tackles connection storms, modular caching with Pelikan, Twemproxy, Finagle RPC, and the Twitter Image Pipeline for sub‑100 ms media delive…2026-09-0328 minMeta architecture illustrationMeta AI storage blueprintInside Meta's AI Storage Blueprint at ScaleExplore how Meta tackles the compute‑storage gap with tiered storage, high‑speed interconnects, and architecture innovations that boost AI training velocity an…2026-09-0324 minLinkedIn architecture illustrationLinkedIn gRPC migrationInside LinkedIn's Architecture: Migrating to gRPC, Databus, and VeniceExplore LinkedIn's shift from Rest.li to gRPC, the Databus change‑capture pipeline, and the Venice derived‑data platform that powers its massive member graph.2026-09-0328 min