System Design

https://github.com/lei-hsia/grokking-system-design

system-design-primer/README.md at master · donnemartin/system-design-primerGitHub

Interview Process

• Scope the problem

  • Don’t make assumptions.

  • what features / how much scale do we need

  • Ask clarifying questions to understand the constraints and use cases.

  • Steps

    • Requirements clarifications

    • System interface definition

• Sketch up an abstract design

  • Building blocks of the system

  • Relationships between them

  • Steps

    • Back-of-the-envelope estimation

    • Defining data model

    • High-level design

• Identify and address the bottlenecks

  • Use the fundamental principles of scalable system design

  • Steps

    • Detailed design

    • Identifying and resolving bottlenecks

• features

• define APIs

• availability

• latency performance

• scalability

• durability

• class diagram

• security and privacy

• cost efficiency

API key