Post by Shaurya Pratap Singh
SDE-2 at Microsoft | Ex-Salesforce, Ex-Amazon | ICPC Regionalist
I cracked Amazon, Salesforce, Microsoft, Oracle, and Adobe. Every single one had System Design rounds. And every single time, the candidates who failed said the same thing after: "𝗦𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗼 𝘃𝗮𝘀𝘁. 𝗜 𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁." Here's the truth nobody tells you - 𝗦𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗶𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱. 𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗼𝗼𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁. There's no magic. No secret sauce. Just 4 things you need to master: → 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝘀 (the WHY behind every decision) → 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸𝘀 (the WHAT you use to build) → 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝘀 (the HOW you put it together) → 𝗟𝗟𝗗 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺𝘀 (the PRACTICE that makes it stick) I've compiled every resource you need. All free. All in one place. 𝗦𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝘀: 1. Scalability: https://lnkd.in/gpge_z76 2. Latency vs Throughput: https://lnkd.in/g_amhAtN 3. CAP Theorem: https://lnkd.in/g3hmVamx 4. ACID Transactions: https://lnkd.in/gMe2JqaF 5. Rate Limiting: https://lnkd.in/gWsTDR3m 6. API Design: https://lnkd.in/ghYzrr8q 7. Strong vs Eventual Consistency: https://lnkd.in/gJ-uXQXZ 8. Distributed Tracing: https://lnkd.in/d6r5RdXG 9. Sync vs Async Communication: https://lnkd.in/gC3F2nvr 10. Batch vs Stream Processing: https://lnkd.in/g4_MzM4s 11. Fault Tolerance: https://lnkd.in/dVJ6n3wA 𝗦𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸𝘀: 1. Database: https://lnkd.in/gti8gjpz 2. Horizontal vs Vertical Scaling: https://lnkd.in/gAH2e9du 3. Caching: https://lnkd.in/gC9piQbJ 4. Distributed Caching: https://lnkd.in/g7WKydNg 5. Load Balancing: https://lnkd.in/gQaa8sXK 6. SQL vs NoSQL: https://lnkd.in/g3WC_yxn 7. Database Scaling: https://lnkd.in/gAXpSyWQ 8. Data Replication: https://lnkd.in/gVAJxTpS 9. Data Redundancy: https://lnkd.in/gNN7TF7n 10. Database Sharding: https://lnkd.in/gMqqc6x9 11. Database Indexes: https://lnkd.in/gCeshYVt 12. Proxy Server: https://lnkd.in/gi8KnKS6 13. WebSocket: https://lnkd.in/g76Gv2KQ 14. API Gateway: https://lnkd.in/gnsJGJaM 15. Message Queues: https://lnkd.in/gTzY6uk8 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝘀: 1. Event-Driven Architecture: https://lnkd.in/dp8CPvey 2. Client-Server Architecture: https://lnkd.in/dAARQYzq 3. Serverless Architecture: https://lnkd.in/gQNAXKkb 4. Microservices Architecture: https://lnkd.in/gFXUrz_T 𝗟𝗼𝘄-𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺𝘀: 1. Design Parking Lot: https://lnkd.in/dQaAuFd2 2. Design Splitwise: https://lnkd.in/dF5fBnex 3. Design Chess Validator: https://lnkd.in/dfAQHvN4 4. Design Distributed Queue | Kafka: https://lnkd.in/dQ6_B4_M --- Bookmark this. Share it with someone preparing right now. This is everything I wish I had in one place when I was grinding for FAANG. It's free. Use it. ♻️ Repost to help someone crack their next System Design round. Follow Shaurya Pratap Singh for more! Activate to view