Realtime architecture canvas

Design production systems. Practice how they hold up.

Design distributed systems, analyze architectural decisions with AI, and simulate performance, scalability, and trade-offs using an interactive canvas.

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1000+Catalog components
245+AI-graded exercises
RealtimeMultiplayer editing
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Drag, connect, inspect.

Create nodes from a production-oriented catalog, link exact handles, and tune edge semantics.

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Built for systems.

Frontend, backend, data, async, infrastructure, and external service components are ready on day one.

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Share when ready.

Invite reviewers through role links after the first design is worth discussing.

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Free first.

Own three Grids with free Shapes and PNG export. Pro tools stay visible with upgrade guidance.

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Practice system design.

Work through 245+ design exercises with AI grading and coaching hints, then track your scores. The exercises are free and unlimited; AI grading and hints spend credits, and Pro includes a monthly challenge allowance.

Component catalog

One catalog, every layer of the stack.

1000+ components across architecture and design patterns — from load balancers and message queues to CQRS roles and AI orchestration. Each knows what it is, so your diagram does too.

Architecture
Clients & UIServices & APIsData StoresMessaging & WorkflowsAI & MLNetwork & EdgeSecurity & IdentityPlatform & RuntimeObservability & OpsExternal Integrations
Design patterns
DDD StrategicCQRS & EventsEnterprise IntegrationResilience & DeliveryDistributed SystemsAI Agent Orchestration
Software design module · Planned

Design the application itself, not only the infrastructure it runs on, and turn that design into a written specification you can build from.

Proof of practice

Every exercise adds to a practice record you can share.

AI-graded exercises across system design, patterns, and flow, a public leaderboard, and a shareable record of practice anyone can open without logging in.

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1240 Points
42 Completed
58Evaluations
87Avg score
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Open a Grid and start drawing.

The editor is one click away: sketch a system and invite a reviewer with no account. Graded exercises need a free account — and the free tier is real.

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