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Introduction to Key-Value Stores for System Design

Discover the fundamentals of Key-Value Stores — essential components, use cases, scalability, consistency, and more in this comprehensive introduction. — A Key-Value Store, also known as a Key-Value Database or Key-Value Database Management System, is a type of NoSQL database that is used to store data in the form of key-value pairs. This type of database is characterized by its simplicity, high scalability, and fast performance. …

System Design Interview

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Introduction to Key-Value Stores for System Design
Introduction to Key-Value Stores for System Design
System Design Interview

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CodeX

·Mar 14, 2022

What are API Keys and Why are they so important?

API keys are a mechanism that allows API servers to identify client applications. This unlocks some unexpected security features… — As a computer science student or software engineer, you probably have probably already come across API keys a couple of time while developing some application. It’s this massively long encrypted string you need to send with you API request if you want to hit some APIs.

System Design Interview

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What are API Keys and Why are they so important?
What are API Keys and Why are they so important?
System Design Interview

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CodeX

·Oct 25, 2021

Why use Message Brokers in your System Design Interview?

Message Brokers are powerful in decoupling distributed systems. Learn the core concepts to use them in your next system design interview! — In my experience, nailing the system design interview is not about knowing the real-world architecture of youtube, google search, dropbox, Netflix, Twitter, Facebook, etc. by heart. No, it’s all about knowing the concepts and technologies to draft those systems on the spot. …

System Design Interview

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Why use Message Brokers in your System Design Interview?
Why use Message Brokers in your System Design Interview?
System Design Interview

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CodeX

·Oct 11, 2021

System Design Interview Questions — Components You Should Know

An introduction to key components to draft powerful system design solution Let’s face it — getting into big tech is hard. Especially, system design interview questions are known to be notorious. Designing a distributed system under time pressure isn’t easy, especially because this isn’t something we can practice in our…

Career Advice

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System Design Interview Questions — Components You Should Know
System Design Interview Questions — Components You Should Know
Career Advice

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CodeX

·Sep 14, 2021

Why is FAANG so obsessed with Whiteboard Coding Interviews?

Understand the reasons and leverage this knowledge to better prepare for your big tech interviews. — https://bigtech.coach/blog/why-is-faang-so-obsessed-with-whiteboard-coding-interviews/ Whiteboard interviews are not exactly popular within the dev community. Many feel intimidated by them and there is legitimate doubt if whiteboard interviews provide any value in assessing the candidate’s programming capability.

Interview Questions

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Why is FAANG so obsessed with whiteboard coding interviews?
Why is FAANG so obsessed with whiteboard coding interviews?
Interview Questions

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CodeX

·Sep 9, 2021

Technical Skills FAANG craves to find in you!

Learn what’s expected of you and ace your FAANG interviews with ease — FAANG companies are massive organizations. And the more people are supposed to work together the more complex it gets. That’s why FAANG companies are looking for engineers they can move around projects and it good results can be expected, no matter what problem they are assigned too. Here, I am…

Interview Questions

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Technical Skills FAANG craves to find in you!
Technical Skills FAANG craves to find in you!
Interview Questions

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CodeX

·Sep 1, 2021

Stuck in your Whiteboard Coding Interview? Here is what you should do…

3 simple strategies to recover from mistakes and blackouts — Whiteboard coding interviews are an essential part of every FAANG interview for software engineering roles. And it’s also the most terrifying part of the whole interviewing process for many engineers no matter their level of experience! One thing most interviewees don’t know, since they only do a couple interviews every…

Faang

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Stuck in your Whiteboard Coding Interview? Here is what you should do…
Stuck in your Whiteboard Coding Interview? Here is what you should do…
Faang

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CodeX

·Aug 24, 2021

How to Avoid the Biggest FAANG Interview Mistakes

Learn 4 Classic Methods promising Candidates use to Screw-up their Coding Interviews — It’s a common misconception that knowing efficient algorithms is enough to get through the whiteboard interview at FAANG companies. The truth is, you also need to adopt a systematic process to avoid and correct mistakes if needed. …

Interview Questions

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How to Avoid the Biggest FAANG Coding Interview Mistakes
How to Avoid the Biggest FAANG Coding Interview Mistakes
Interview Questions

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CodeX

·Aug 10, 2021

4 Habits to succeed as a Software Engineer in FAANG

Learn the routines that set apart great engineers — Once you have received your big tech offer and you see the actually salary, many software engineers start to worry. Will I be able to life-up to their expectations, deliver results and be successful? Am I even smart enough to achieve any of this? Don’t worry — you are not…

Faang Interview

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4 habits to succeed as a software engineer in FAANG
4 habits to succeed as a software engineer in FAANG
Faang Interview

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Jan 7, 2021

4 Best Practices to Increase Your Smart Home IoT Security

Most people who are interested in smart home automation start very enthusiastically into their new hobby, automating as much as they can within their home. Many are completely unaware of the cybersecurity risk they introduce to their homes, allowing cybercriminals to access their private space just by some clicks. In…

IoT

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5 Best Practices to Increase Your Smart Home IoT Security
5 Best Practices to Increase Your Smart Home IoT Security
IoT

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Fabian Hinsenkamp

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SSE @Microsoft. I demystify the coding interview and help other engineers to leap into a FAANG career!

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