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Identify what data to collect and estimate storage for a year of performance metrics logs.
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Design a distributed payment system for 125,000 arcade machines using proprietary game cards.
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Unlock with Pro →Design an architecture to minimize server costs for CPU-intensive character animation processing.
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Unlock with Pro →Optimize a scoring system for a competitive online game that struggles under peak load during events.
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Unlock with Pro →Design APIs and backend architecture for multi-channel notifications.
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Unlock with Pro →High-throughput URL shortening and redirect service at 1B redirects/month.
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Estimate resource costs and design a scalable architecture for a viral 1-minute video sharing app.
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Unlock with Pro →Identify problems with bytewise file comparison for deduplication and propose efficient alternatives.
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Unlock with Pro →Scalable leaderboard supporting score submissions, top-100 queries, and per-player rank lookups.
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Estimate server count needed for storage and CPU load for an internal paste-sharing tool.
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Design a scalable prepaid-card payment system for 150,000 interactive kiosks worldwide.
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Unlock with Pro →Evaluate the tradeoffs of single-server vs multi-server architecture for a playlist streaming service.
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Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of a multi-server architecture for a topic-categorized podcast streaming platform.
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Identify what data to collect and estimate storage requirements for a year of search query logs.
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Identify key considerations when porting smart appliance functionality from a networked computer to a low-cost embedded microcontroller.
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Unlock with Pro →Redesign a sports statistics platform to minimize the impact of unreliable third-party data API outages.
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Unlock with Pro →Build a pipeline to A/B test video frames and automatically select optimal thumbnails.
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