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Empowering Engineers to Ace Coding and System Design Interviews | Creator of 'Grokking' Course Series | Founder Design Gurus

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Arslan Ahmad
13 hours
๐Ÿ— ๐Š๐ž๐ฒ ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐€๐๐ˆ ๐๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž. โ—พ Use Caching.Store frequently accessed data in memory so you donโ€™t have to fetch it from the database or other slow sources repeatedly. This drastically cuts down on response time. โ—พ Minimize
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Arslan Ahmad
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๐—”๐—–๐—œ๐—— ๐˜ƒ๐˜€. ๐—•๐—”๐—ฆ๐—˜ โ€“ Trade-Offs in S๐˜†๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ D๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป I๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„. Too many candidates memorize the terms. But few truly know when to choose one over the other. In high-scale system design interviews, this trade-off reveals your architectural maturity.
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Arslan Ahmad
1 month
๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐๐š๐ญ๐š๐›๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž?. Here are some of the top ways to improve database performance:. 1. Indexing.Create the right indexes based on query patterns to speed up data retrieval. 2. Materialized Views.Store pre-computed query results
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Arslan Ahmad
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๐—ก๐—ผ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜€๐˜†๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป, ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ-๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ณ. Architecting systems is a balancing act. You canโ€™t optimize one dimension without impacting another. Some classic trade-offs engineers grapple with:. ๐Ÿ”น
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Arslan Ahmad
1 month
๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐Œ๐ข๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐€๐ซ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž?. Microservices architecture breaks down applications into smaller, independent services. Here's a rundown of the ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ ๐ค๐ž๐ฒ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ in this architecture:. 1. ๐‚๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ.These are the end-users who
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Arslan Ahmad
2 months
๐Ÿ– ๐‹๐จ๐š๐ ๐๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐€๐ฅ๐ ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Š๐ง๐จ๐ฐ. 1. Round Robin. It assigns a request to the first server, then moves to the second, third, and so on, and after reaching the last server, it starts again at the first. 2. Least Connections. The Least
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Arslan Ahmad
2 months
๐—ฆ๐˜†๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ: ๐—ข๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฅ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐—”๐—น๐—น. I've used this template to discuss many #systemdesign questions. โœจ ๐•๐ข๐๐ž๐จ ๐‹๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง: โœจ . ๐—”๐—ฃ๐—œ ๐—š๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜†.An API Gateway (AG)
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Arslan Ahmad
4 months
This video offers a comprehensive system design template that will guide you in answering any system design interview question.
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Arslan Ahmad
4 months
๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐ž๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ?. ๐Ÿ. ๐‚๐š๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ .Temporarily storing frequently accessed data in memory to reduce access time. How It Helps:.Data Retrieval: Fetching data from a cache (e.g., Redis, Memcached) is
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Arslan Ahmad
7 months
๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐ฌ?. Choosing the correct design pattern in software engineering is critical to practical problem-solving. This post will try to simplify the process, helping you decide between patterns based on specific needs. To select a
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Arslan Ahmad
7 months
๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐Œ๐ข๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐€๐ซ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž?. Microservices architecture breaks down applications into smaller, independent services. Here's a rundown of the ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ ๐ค๐ž๐ฒ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ in this architecture:. 1. ๐‚๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ.These are the end-users who
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Arslan Ahmad
7 months
๐“๐จ๐ฉ ๐“๐ž๐œ๐ก ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ฐ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ. โžก ๐‚๐จ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ƒ๐’๐€.1. Coding Patterns: 2. Advanced Coding Patterns: 2. DSA: 3. Dynamic Programming:
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Arslan Ahmad
8 months
๐”๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Œ๐ข๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐€๐ซ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž. Microservices architecture breaks down applications into smaller, independent services. Here's a rundown of the ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ ๐ค๐ž๐ฒ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ in this architecture:. 1. ๐‚๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ.These are the
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Arslan Ahmad
8 months
๐“๐จ๐ฉ ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ-๐Š๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐†๐ซ๐š๐ฉ๐ก ๐€๐ฅ๐ ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐ฆ๐ฌ. โ—พDepth First Search (DFS): Explores as far as possible along a branch before backtracking. Practical use: Finding connected components in a graph. โ—พBreadth First Search (BFS): Explores all neighbors at the present
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Arslan Ahmad
8 months
๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ ๐š๐ง๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง ๐ช๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐—ฆ๐˜†๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ?. Here is a master template that I used to discuss many hashtag#systemdesign problems in hashtag#interviews. 1. ๐‹๐จ๐š๐
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Arslan Ahmad
9 months
๐Ÿ“ ๐’๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ฐ ๐ƒ๐จโ€™๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ƒ๐จ๐งโ€™๐ญ๐ฌ. System design interviews are tough to crack. Iโ€™ve been in those interview rooms where your mind is racing, and youโ€™re staring at a whiteboard trying to design a system that works flawlessly. Itโ€™s
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Arslan Ahmad
9 months
๐“๐จ๐ฉ ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ-๐Š๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐†๐ซ๐š๐ฉ๐ก ๐€๐ฅ๐ ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐ฆ๐ฌ. โ—พDepth First Search (DFS): Explores as far as possible along a branch before backtracking. Practical use: Finding connected components in a graph. โ—พBreadth First Search (BFS): Explores all neighbors at the present
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Arslan Ahmad
9 months
๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐๐š๐ญ๐š๐›๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž?. Here are the top ways to improve database performance:. 1. Indexing.Create the right indexes based on query patterns to speed up data retrieval. 2. Materialized Views.Store pre-computed query results for quick
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Arslan Ahmad
10 months
๐”๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Œ๐ข๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐€๐ซ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž.Microservices architecture breaks down applications into smaller, independent services. Here's a rundown of the ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ ๐ค๐ž๐ฒ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ in this architecture:. 1. ๐‚๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ.These are the
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Arslan Ahmad
10 months
๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐ž๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ?. ๐Ÿ. ๐‚๐š๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ .Temporarily storing frequently accessed data in memory to reduce access time. How It Helps:.Data Retrieval: Fetching data from a cache (e.g., Redis, Memcached) is
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