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System Design: Capacity Planning basics

Capacity planning is an underemphasized subject in system design. Approaching it as part of the design process can be tremendously helpful. Here are some of the basics.
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Posture in system design interviews

System Design interviews are my favourite interview type. Taking the technical part aside, such interviews have a large behavioural component. I wrote down some ideas on how to perform better in the more subjective bits.
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