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The Role of Data in Precise Capacity Estimations for System Design
TLDR: Capacity estimation is the skill of back-of-the-envelope math that tells you whether your system design will survive its traffic before you write a line of code. Four numbers do most of the work: DAU, QPS, Storage/day, and Bandwidth/day. š T...
Exploring Different Types of Binary Trees
TLDR: A Binary Tree has at most 2 children per node, but the shape of the tree determines performance. A Full tree has 0 or 2 children. A Complete tree fills left-to-right. A Perfect tree is a symmetric triangle. A Degenerate tree becomes a linked li...
The Ultimate Guide to Acing the System Design Interview
TLDR: System Design interviews are collaborative whiteboard sessions, not trick-question coding tests. Follow the framework ā Requirements ā Estimations ā API ā Data Model ā High-Level Architecture ā Deep-Dive ā and you turn vague product ideas into ...