How Systems Work

This is the listing page for deep-dive explainers. Open a topic to read the full explanation with diagrams, layered flows, and plain-language breakdowns of the system. The same pattern now expands beyond Netflix to navigation, marketplaces, and food delivery.

Streaming

Netflix

How the app starts, loads rows, recommends content, streams from a CDN, keeps playback smooth, and uses the public stack layers behind the scenes.

 Navigation

Waze

How live traffic, rerouting, map matching, and feedback loops keep navigation current while you are already moving.

 Marketplace

Uber

How rider requests, driver matching, ETAs, pricing, and live trip state work together in a moving marketplace.

 Quick Commerce

Blinkit

How freshness, inventory, store ops, rider dispatch, and ETA updates keep instant delivery believable.

 Food Delivery

Swiggy

How menus, order orchestration, restaurant acceptance, rider handoff, and live tracking keep the meal flow moving.

 Maps

Google Maps

How search, geocoding, map tiles, routing, traffic, and rerouting turn a typed address into live directions.
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