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System Design Interview - An Insider's Guide

Jun 6, 2026 1 min read
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Author: Alex Xu
Edition: Second Edition

Chapter-by-chapter summary covering scale, back-of-the-envelope estimation, framework for system design interviews, and design walkthroughs for various distributed systems.


Chapters #

  • 06 - Scale from Zero to Millions of Users
  • 07 - Back-of-the-Envelope Estimation
  • 08 - A Framework for System Design Interviews

System Design Problems #

  • 09 - Design a Rate Limiter
  • 10 - Design Consistent Hashing
  • 11 - Design a Key-Value Store
  • 12 - Design a Unique ID Generator in Distributed Systems
  • 13 - Design a URL Shortener
  • 14 - Design a Web Crawler
  • 15 - Design a Notification System
  • 16 - Design a News Feed System
  • 17 - Design a Chat System
  • 18 - Design a Search Autocomplete System
  • 19 - Design YouTube
  • 20 - Design Google Drive

  • 21 - The Learning Continues
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