Deep Dive on Redis: Architecture, Data Structures, and Production Usage
“Redis is not just a cache. It’s a data structure server that happens to be…
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Deep Dive on Apache Kafka: A System Design Interview Perspective
“Kafka is not a message queue. It’s a distributed commit log that happens to be…
Deep Dive on API Gateway: A System Design Interview Perspective
“An API Gateway is the front door to your microservices. Every request walks…
Deep Dive on Elasticsearch: A System Design Interview Perspective
“If you’re searching, filtering, or aggregating over large volumes of semi…
Deep Dive on Caching: From Browser to Database
“There are only two hard things in Computer Science: cache invalidation and…
System Design Patterns for Scaling Writes
In the companion article on scaling reads, we covered caching, replicas, and…
System Design Patterns for Real-Time Updates at High Traffic
The previous articles in this series covered scaling reads and scaling writes…
System Design Patterns for Scaling Reads
Most production systems are read-heavy. A typical web application sees 90-9…