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Design a Rate Limiter

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Aug 6 •

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July 2025

SQL vs NoSQL: How to Answer This Interview Question in 2025

Everyone wants to nail the "SQL vs NoSQL" question in interviews.

Jul 24 •

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When to Use Event Driven Architecture In System Design Interviews

And when not to!

Jul 9 •

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June 2025

How to Ramp Up Like a Pro

Your First 90 Days Matter More Than You Think

Jun 26 •

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“Should I join a start up or Big Tech?”

You're in the job market and the landscape has shifted dramatically.

Jun 12 •

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May 2025

How Behavioral Interviews Really Work: A Guide for SWEs and EMs

Mastering the neglected interview type

May 29 •

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System Design Lessons from Netflix's Ad Tracking Launch

System design interviews test your ability to solve ambiguous, large-scale problems under pressure.

May 15 •

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April 2025

What Your System Design Interviewer Is REALLY Judging You On

Interviewers are looking beyond just the solution on the whiteboard

Apr 24 •

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How I’d Prepare for a System Design Interview if I Were Starting From Scratch

You just got an email from your dream company—an interview scheduled for a month from today.

Apr 10 •

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March 2025

Netflix's Counter Abstraction: A Hidden Gem for System Design Interviews

Learn how Netflix counts billions of events and why you should care

Mar 27 •

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How Tech Coding Assessments Are Splintering in 2025

After years of stability, tech coding interviews are undergoing their most significant transformation in over a decade.

Mar 14 •

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February 2025

3 Networking Tricks to Level-Up Your System Design Interview

Client-Side Load Balancing, Server-sent Events, and Circuit Breakers

Feb 27 •

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