AxeDesign guide

Open Axe Design and press the Google sign-in button — exactly like Tasker and DSA. Login is verified once by Axe Home, and the same session then works on every suite app, so if you are already signed in elsewhere you skip this entirely. The app is experimental, so expect new systems and tweaks often.

The home screen shows every published system with its difficulty, category and estimated time. Cards you have finished show a green score badge — replay them anytime to beat your best.

Each system opens with a brief: what to build, functional requirements, constraints (latency, availability) and scale numbers. The Brief tab also lists exactly which component types and links the checker wants.

Click + on any palette item, or drag it straight onto the canvas. Two starter nodes are already placed for you. There are 18 types: clients, DNS, CDN, load balancers, API gateways, app services, caches, queues, databases, storage, search and more.

Drag any node to reposition it. Positions don't affect your score — only component types and connections matter.

Every node has an input dot on its left edge and an output dot on its right. Drag from an output dot and release on another node's glowing input to wire them — a curved wire follows your cursor while you drag, just like n8n. Hover any wire for a quick-delete button, or select it and press Del. Esc cancels a wire in progress.

Press Check design anytime. Grading runs on the server: 50% for having every required component type, 50% for every required connection. You need 70%+ to pass. Missing pieces are listed under the canvas.

Stuck? The Hints tab gives nudges. After two attempts the annotated Reference architecture unlocks — study it, then reproduce the shape yourself.

Once a check passes, press Submit to record the completion. Only passing designs count toward streaks and XP. Extra components are never penalised.