— title: System design interview —

idea

System design is a process, follow the steps:

1. Requirements
2. Back of the envelope scale
3. APIs / interface (e.g. methods)
4. Data model (db shards, etc.)
5. High level components
6. Detailed design for 2-3 components based on feedback
7. Bottlenecks

What you want to clarify is:

• Clarification
  • Function
  • Scale
  • Ops
• Functional
  • Entities
  • Functions
  • Data model
  • Events (if relevant)
• Technical
  • Components
  • Scale
  • Tech
  • Trade-offs
• Operations
  • Monitoring & alerting
  • Resilience
  • Recovery