TikTok System Design:(Step-by-Step Guide)

"the platform will continue to innovate, not just in content, but in the engineering brilliance behind the scenes.

The TikTok system design is more than an architecture; it’s a competitive advantage, a blueprint for high-engagement social ecosystems, and a benchmark for future real-time digital platforms."

This whole article seems to be LLM generated. The website is filled with "why it matters", bullet lists and AI generated images. Cherry on top, the author is indian.

One thing that slop often lacks is framing. I want to know why a particular person designed it this way. What were the constraints of the original team? What were their goals at the time? How did these change over time? Just knowing "TikTok aims for 99.99% uptime and low latency" without any story, well I don't find it very useful. I'd rather get an interview of one of the first architects!