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Here are some probabilistic data structures you must know as a software engineer (not kidding):

They trade accuracy for space efficiency.

They're often used in:

• Databases

• Cache

• Search engines

• Network infrastructure

• Analytics

What else should make this list?
May 8, 2025 at 1:00 PM
If you want to reduce latency, learn these 12 rules:
May 5, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Give me 2 mins and I'll teach you how DNS works:
May 2, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Meta achieves 99.99999999% cache consistency.

Here’s how they do it (in 2 minutes):

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👋 PS - I put together a detailed case study with visuals in my newsletter:

newsletter.systemdesign.one/p/cache-cons...
April 14, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Give me 2 mins and I'll teach you how Disney+ Hotstar scaled to 25M concurrent users—no fluff:
April 11, 2025 at 2:19 PM
How I’d scale a site to 1 million users—step by step:
April 10, 2025 at 12:05 PM
HTTP status codes you must know as a web developer in 2025:

Status codes are 3-digit numbers returned by a server in response to HTTP requests.

It tells the client about the request status and indicates problems if any.

So understanding status codes will help you find site errors quickly.
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This lady:

• Has no tech background
• Couldn't draw well as a kid
• Knew nothing about venture capitalists

Yet she's worth $5.8 Billion - at 37.
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I'm Type 3 and You?
April 5, 2025 at 2:35 PM
How to write clean code.

The KYD-DTC Playbook:
April 2, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Give me 2 mins and I'll teach you how a database stores passwords securely (not kidding):
April 1, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Give me 2 mins and I'll teach you how Amazon S3 (actually) works:
March 29, 2025 at 1:10 PM
I spent hours studying how Apple Pay works, so you don't have to.

Here's what I learned distilled into 9 sentences:
March 27, 2025 at 1:20 PM