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Designing a Scalable and Fault-Tolerant Messaging System for Distributed Applications

DZone

However, maintaining scalability and fault tolerance in this system is a difficult but necessary task. The cornerstone is a well-designed and painstakingly built messaging system, which allows for smooth communication and data exchange across diverse components.

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API Design Principles for Optimal Performance and Scalability

DZone

The goal is to help developers, technical managers, and business owners understand the importance of API performance optimization and how they can improve the speed, scalability, and reliability of their APIs. API performance optimization is the process of improving the speed, scalability, and reliability of APIs.

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Designing High-Performance APIs

DZone

Welcome back to our series on API design principles for optimal performance and scalability. In our previous blog post, we explored the importance of designing high-performance APIs and the key factors that influence API performance. In this article, we will build upon the concepts discussed in the previous blog post.

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Designing Instagram

High Scalability

Design a photo-sharing platform similar to Instagram where users can upload their photos and share it with their followers. High Level Design. Component Design. API Design. We have provided the API design of posting an image on Instagram below. API Design. Problem Statement. Architecture. Data Models.

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Scalable Annotation Service?—?Marken

The Netflix TechBlog

Scalable Annotation Service — Marken by Varun Sekhri , Meenakshi Jindal Introduction At Netflix, we have hundreds of micro services each with its own data models or entities. With the growing number of annotations and its usage across the studio applications, prioritizing scalability becomes essential.

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Designing WhatsApp

High Scalability

Design an instant messenger platform such as WhatsApp or Signal which users can utilize tosend messages to each other. Currently, he is in the Alexa Shopping organization where he is developing machine-learning-based solutions to send personalized reorder hints to customers for improving their experience. Problem Statement.

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Mastering System Design: A Comprehensive Guide to System Scaling for Millions (Part 1)

DZone

A transformative journey into the realm of system design with our tutorial, tailored for software engineers aspiring to architect solutions that seamlessly scale to serve millions of users.

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