Show Notes
Wes and Kevin talk about message queues, the problems they solve, and how they work. https://github.com/donnemartin/system-design-primer http://highscalability.com/all-time-favorites/ https://netflixtechblog.com/ https://www.rabbitmq.com/tutorials/tutorial-one-python.html P.S., Wes learned how to edit podcasts better thanks to this guide - https://podigy.co/podcast-editing-guide/, hopefully this podcast has the best audio quality yet!
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Kevin asks Wes to design Dropbox, with an emphasis on designing the data model and storage techniques to scale out. Helpful links: https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/design-dropbox-a-system-design-interview-question/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE4gwstWhmc https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WebSockets_API https://www.ibm.com/cloud/learn/object-storage
As Kevin prepares to start a new job at Instacart, he explains some ideas around how a company like Instacart could employ caching to improve the scalability of their services. Show notes: https://medium.com/datadriveninvestor/all-things-caching-use-cases-benefits-strategies-choosing-a-caching-technology-exploring-fa6c1f2e93aa https://ieftimov.com/post/when-why-least-frequently-used-cache-implementation-golang/ https://github.com/donnemartin/system-design-primer#cache https://memcached.o...
Breaking away from the interview format, Wes and Kevin deep dive into SQL vs noSQL databases. Show notes: ACID compliance - https://mariadb.com/resources/blog/acid-compliance-what-it-means-and-why-you-should-care CAP theorem https://www.ibm.com/cloud/learn/cap-theorem https://mwhittaker.github.io/blog/an_illustrated_proof_of_the_cap_theorem Cool article explaining the problem with saying you can have 2 out of 3 properties of CAP http://martin.kleppmann.com/2015/05/11/please-stop-call...
Wes asks Kevin to design the Facebook/Twitter Timeline with an emphasis on scaling to a large number of users. I'd encourage you to pause where relevant to try to think through these designs yourself - it really helps the content sink in. Helpful Links RabbitMQ quick start documentation - https://www.rabbitmq.com/getstarted.html Apache Kafka introductinon - https://kafka.apache.org/intro
In our first episode, Kevin gives Wes a mock interview on how to design google docs. Helpful links The git storage technique we referenced is described in detail here - https://hypirion.com/musings/understanding-persistent-vector-pt-1 (Note that this is not git, but the same technique applies) Website with algorithm for merge conflict resolution - https://operational-transformation.github.io/