Image Processing Service Low-Level Design
5 min read What is an Image Processing Service? An image processing service handles on-demand or batch transformations of images: resize, crop, compress, […] Read article
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Newsletter System Low-Level Design
5 min read What is a Newsletter System? A newsletter system manages subscriber lists, drafts and schedules email campaigns, personalizes content, and tracks Read article
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Social Login System Low-Level Design
6 min read What is Social Login? Social login (OAuth 2.0 / OpenID Connect) lets users authenticate with an existing identity provider (Google, Read article
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Notification Preferences System Low-Level Design
5 min read What are Notification Preferences? Notification preferences let users control which notifications they receive, via which channel (email, push, SMS, in-app), Read article
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Media Upload Service Low-Level Design
5 min read What is a Media Upload Service? A media upload service handles ingest, validation, processing, and storage of user-generated files: profile Read article
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Leaderboard System Low-Level Design
4 min read What is a Leaderboard System? A leaderboard ranks users or entities by a score, updated in real time. Use cases: Read article
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Search Indexing System Low-Level Design
6 min read What is a Search Index? A search index enables fast full-text queries over large datasets. Without an index, searching 1 Read article
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Order Fulfillment System Low-Level Design
7 min read What is Order Fulfillment? Order fulfillment covers the steps from a confirmed order to the item delivered to the customer: Read article
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Inventory Management System Low-Level Design
6 min read Requirements Track stock levels across multiple warehouses for millions of SKUs Reserve inventory when an order is placed; deduct when Read article
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Referral System Low-Level Design
7 min read Requirements Users share a unique referral code or link to invite new users Referrer earns a reward when a referred Read article
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DNS Resolver and DNS System Design
7 min read What Does a DNS Resolver Do? The Domain Name System (DNS) translates human-readable domain names (www.example.com) into IP addresses (93.184.216.34). Read article
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Chat System Low-Level Design (WhatsApp / Messenger)
7 min read Requirements One-on-one and group messaging (up to 500 members) Message delivery with read receipts (sent, delivered, read) Message history persistence Read article
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Loyalty Program System Low-Level Design
6 min read Requirements Earn points on purchases and specific actions (sign-up, referral, review) Redeem points for discounts, rewards, or free items Tiered Read article
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Dead Letter Queue (DLQ) System Low-Level Design
7 min read What is a Dead Letter Queue? A Dead Letter Queue (DLQ) holds messages that could not be processed successfully after Read article
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Feature Store System Low-Level Design
7 min read What is a Feature Store? A feature store is a centralized repository for ML features. It solves the “feature engineering Read article