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System designData modeling and storage

Storage engines (LSM & B-tree)

Hard3 min read

Questions it teaches

Write-ahead log for OLTPMedium40 min LSM vs B+tree engine choiceMedium40 min Lakehouse micro-batch compactionMedium35 min Design a cold-storage observability systemMedium40 min Event sourcing append-only storeMedium40 min LSM-tree metrics databaseHard50 min On-disk B+tree ACID indexHard50 min LSM compaction space amplificationHard45 min

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Data modeling and storage Scale and caching Media and uploads Messaging and streams Security and privacy Consistency and money Pipelines and analytics

Leads to: Scale and caching

Connection pool proxy3 min Connection pooling proxy (gateway)3 min

Leads to: Media and uploads

Large file uploads3 min Resumable large-file upload4 min

Leads to: Messaging and streams

Designing team chat3 min Real-time personalization4 min

Leads to: Security and privacy

API key issuance and auth3 min Designing team file share3 min

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