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Question
Design an image CDN that serves user-uploaded images with on-the-fly resizing and format conversion (e.g., WebP/AVIF) while maximizing cache hit ratio.
What a strong answer looks like
Clarify scale and constraints first. Propose a clean component breakdown, then go deep on the hard parts — data model, bottlenecks, consistency, failure modes — and name the trade-offs you are making.
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