A deep-dive, expert-level guide to designing a scalable Notification Service. This massively expanded post explores detailed architectural patterns, technology trade-offs (Kafka vs. RabbitMQ), advanced reliability mechanisms, in-depth scaling strategies, API design with OpenAPI specs, and much more to create a truly comprehensive resource.
A deep dive into designing a distributed message queue system. This guide covers core concepts from producers and consumers to advanced topics like delivery semantics (at-least-once, exactly-once), data partitioning, fault tolerance, and achieving high throughput.
A comprehensive, in-depth guide to designing a distributed caching system. We explore core concepts from data partitioning with consistent hashing to advanced topics like consistency models, fault tolerance, and handling real-world challenges like thundering herds.