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Jun 11, 2026 Education & Learning
database internals distributed systems interactive learning software_engineering system design

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The gap I kept noticing: there are interactive tools for learning almost everything - languages, math, algorithms. But for system design, distributed systems, database internals - nothing interactive exists. So I built Runtime. You play as a developer and real engineering crises hit. You don't study concepts, you face them in a scenario. 2 worlds - System design and DBMS. 32 chapters, minigames, voiced characters, works offline. Built solo in 4 months while in college. Android only for now....

Comments (3)

Pansy Casper Pansy Casper 4 weeks ago

whats the pricing model, seems like a pretty niche market

Lavern Klein Lavern Klein 4 weeks ago

whats the backend stack for the interactive parts?

Madie Jerde Madie Jerde 4 weeks ago

does it go deep on consensus protocols like raft?