# system-design-mastery > High-level system orchestration, scalability, and distributed systems. - Author: Putera Kahfi - Repository: sovereign-os/sov-skills - Version: 20260206151627 - Stars: 0 - Forks: 0 - Last Updated: 2026-02-06 - Source: https://github.com/sovereign-os/sov-skills - Web: https://mule.run/skillshub/@@sovereign-os/sov-skills~system-design-mastery:20260206151627 --- --- name: system-design-mastery description: High-level system orchestration, scalability, and distributed systems. version: 1.0.0 category: Engineering tags: [system-design, scalability, performance] --- # 🌐 System Design Mastery ## 1. Scalability Horizontal vs Vertical scaling. Load balancing and state management. ## 2. Communication Protocols REST, gRPC, WebSocket (Neural Bridge), and Message Queues. ## 3. Reliability Error handling, retries, circuit breakers, and idempotency. ## 4. Modeling Ensure system components are decoupled and follow the Single Source of Truth principle.