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                Netflix's web architecture reverse-engineered from live network traffic -- 18 named internal systems (Akira, Cadmium, Shakti, Pinot, MSL, FTL, Ichnaea...), dual API migration (Falcor → GraphQL), video streaming pipeline, DRM flow, search capability negotiation, and the full content data model. All from 177 captured requests.
              
          
        
      
        

      
      
    Netflix System Design: A Grounded Teardown

A reverse-engineered system design of Netflix's web application, built entirely from live network traffic analysis of the authenticated browse experience. 177 requests captured, every API contract inspected, every subsystem named.
Architecture Overview

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│  BROWSER (Akira SPA)                                                        │
│                                                                             │