Master CAP theorem and PACELC for system design interviews. Covers consistency, availability, partition tolerance, latency trade-offs, database classifications, and 20 FAANG interview questions.
Master consistent hashing for system design interviews. Covers partitioning vs replication, naive hashing problems, virtual nodes, replication on ring, real-world usage in Cassandra and DynamoDB.
Master strong vs eventual consistency for system design interviews. Covers CAP theorem mapping, synchronous vs async replication, quorum tuning, hybrid approaches, and real-world database examples.
Master the leader-follower replication pattern for system design interviews. Covers write coordination, sync vs async replication, follower reads, leader election with Raft/Paxos, and FAANG interview scripts.