ByteByteGo·4yAlgorithms you should know before you take system design interviews
System Design Interview books cover a range of important algorithms. I put together a list and explained why they are important. It’s very difficult to rank algorithms by importance objectively. understanding “how those algorithms are used in real-world systems’ is generally more important than the implementation details in a system design interview.
ByteByteGo·4yEP17: Design patterns cheat sheet. Also...
In the US, tech companies usually run payrolls via Automatic Clearing House (ACH) The RDFI operates on the receiver’s bank accounts based on the instructions in the ACH files. Since 2018, it's possible to choose Same Day ACH so funds can be transferred on the same business day.
ByteByteGo·4yFree System Design PDF (158 pages)
Alex Xu has been consistently posting on LinkedIn for 7 months now. I just put all the technical LinkedIn posts in one big PDF. It covers 75 topics and has 158 pages! I will update the content monthly by uploading a new PDF. Follow me (Alex Xu) on LinkedIn or subscribe to my newsletter to receive updates.
ByteByteGo·3yEP34: Session, cookie, JWT, token, SSO, and OAuth
The Black Friday sale is now up! Use code BF2022 at checkout for 30% off my system design interview online course. This week’s system design refresher: System design interview course (Black Friday Sale) Token, Cookie, Session What is CDN?
ByteByteGo·3yEP30: Why is PostgreSQL the most loved database
The ByteByteGo talent collective has 100 candidates live at this moment, and over 300+ applications from the best companies out there. The collective's members will have exclusive access to opportunities at high-growth startups and world-class companies such as Meta, Stripe, Snowflake, etc.
ByteByteGo·4yFlowchart of how slack decides to send a notification
This is the flowchart of how slack decides to send a notification. It is a great example of why a simple feature may take much longer to develop than many people think. When we have a great design, users may not notice the complexity because it feels like the feature just working as intended.
ByteByteGo·3yEP 38: Where do we cache data?
This week’s system design refresher: ByteByteGo Facebook page What is OSI Model? What tech stack is commonly used for microservices? We’ve launched a Facebook page and want our content to be more accessible. The diagram illustrates where we cache data in a typical architecture.
ByteByteGo·4yEP26: Proxy vs reverse proxy
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