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System Design Interview
Distributed systems and system design interview canon: scalability, load balancing, caching, CDNs, database sharding/replication, SQL vs NoSQL, CAP theorem, consistency, message queues, rate limiting, API design, microservices, idempotency, and estimation.
51 cards · audited · SM-2 spaced repetition
Included with the full Coding Interview Prep program — 3 decks, 156 cards.
Sample cards
What is the difference between vertical and horizontal scaling?
What is a load balancer?
Name common load balancing algorithms.
What is caching and why is it used?
What is a cache hit ratio?
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