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Content Delivery Network (CDN): Explained in simple words

What is a CDN ? How do CDNs work ?

What is a content delivery network

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Jun 9, 2020

SOLID Principles — Simplified with Illustrations

Importance of S.O.L.I.D principles

SOLID Principles — Simplified with Illustrations

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Jun 28

From Prompts to Loops: Building Autonomous Coding Agents

Why developers are moving from writing prompts to writing the systems that write prompts

From Prompts to Loops: Building Autonomous Coding Agents

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Mar 30

Rate Limiting System Design: Algorithms, Trade-offs and Best Practices

A deep dive into token bucket, leaky bucket, and sliding window techniques with real-world system design applications

Rate Limiting System Design: Algorithms, Trade-offs and Best Practices

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Feb 18

From Cron to Distributed Schedulers: Scaling Job Execution to Thousands of Jobs per Second

Designing a Distributed Job Scheduler for High-Throughput and Correctness at Scale

From Cron to Distributed Schedulers: Scaling Job Execution to Thousands of Jobs per Second

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Oct 8, 2025

Solving Double Booking at Scale: System Design Patterns from Top Tech Companies

Learn how Airbnb, Ticketmaster, and booking platforms handle millions of concurrent reservations without conflicts

Solving Double Booking at Scale: System Design Patterns from Top Tech Companies

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Jul 19, 2025

Scaling Distributed Counters: Designing a View Count System for 100K+ RPS

Architecture, challenges and bottlenecks in counting views at scale

Scaling Distributed Counters: Designing a View Count System for 100K+ RPS

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May 20, 2025

System Design: Building TikTok-Style Video Feed for 100 Million Users

A deep dive into architecture, scalability, and real-time data delivery at scale

System Design: Building TikTok-Style Video Feed for 100 Million Users

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May 6, 2025

Distributed TinyURL Architecture: How to handle 100K URLs per second

Practical approaches to distributed URL processing with real-world constraints

Distributed TinyURL Architecture: How to handle 100K URLs per second

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Mar 24, 2025

What I Wish I Knew Before System Design Interviews

How to avoid common mistakes, crack the interview, and land a job at a big tech company

What I Wish I Knew Before System Design Interviews

Animesh Gaitonde

Animesh Gaitonde

SDE-3/Tech Lead @ Amazon| ex-Airbnb | ex-Microsoft. Writes about Distributed Systems, Programming Languages & Tech Interviews

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