"What's the most important thing for early software engineers to learn in the next five years?"

My answer has recently changed due to the advancements in AI and what seems to be achievable in the near future. With the emergence of tools like GitHub Copilot and Claude, it is very likely that AI will make engineers an order of magnitude . Given this, how can a software engineer maximize their output knowing this trend is on the horizon?

At Kekoexchange, we emphasize the importance of understanding sound system design and having knowledge of the end-to-end system, including how components connect, interact, and operate to create a scalable system. That's why we're excited to announce a collaborative project. This month, the entire community will be working together to describe the design of a fully featured blog application from scratch.

The community has been asked to respond to the following prompt:

Design a scalable and robust blog application that allows users to create, publish, and manage blog posts. The application should support features like user authentication, content management, commenting, and content discovery (e.g., tags, categories, search). The system should be able to handle high traffic and large volumes of content.

Community members, your input is crucial to this project. Each week, you will share your thoughts, and by the week's end, we will consolidate everyone's input using AI into a single system design. This design will then be evaluated by our System Design Evaluator with your contributions playing a significant role in the final analysis.

1. Provide a score ranging from 200 to 800 points
2. Provide an overall summary of the application and its performance
3. Identify the design's strengths and areas for improvement for the user

Stay tuned every Monday in this newsletter to see what the community comes up with and how we do against the System Design Evaluator. Participating in the process will not only contribute to the project but also significantly enhance your system design skills.

If you want to join the conversation and contribute to our community project, check out our website and sign up to join our community! We look forward to seeing you there!