Grokking the System Design Interview

Description

In this course, you will :

• This course provides a comprehensive guide to mastering SDIs. It was developed by hiring managers who previously worked at Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and Amazon. 

Syllabus :

1. System Design Problems

• System Design Interviews: A step by step guide
• Designing a URL Shortening service like TinyURL
• Designing Pastebin
• Designing Instagram
• Designing Dropbox
• Designing Facebook Messenger
• Designing Twitter
• Designing Youtube or Netflix
• Designing Typeahead Suggestion
• Designing an API Rate Limiter
• Designing Twitter Search
• Designing a Web Crawler
• Designing Facebook’s Newsfeed
• Designing Yelp or Nearby Friends
• Designing Uber backend
• Designing Ticketmaster
• Additional Resources

 

2. Glossary of System Design Basics

• System Design Basics
• Key Characteristics of Distributed Systems
• Load Balancing
• Caching
• Data Partitioning
• Indexes
• Proxies
• Redundancy and Replication
• SQL vs. NoSQL
• CAP Theorem
• PACELC Theorem 
• Consistent Hashing
• Long-Polling vs WebSockets vs Server-Sent Events
• Bloom Filters 
• Quorum 
• Leader and Follower
• Heartbeat 
• Checksum 

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