System Design Pocket Guide (Paperback)
Idioma: inglés
Editorial: Independently Published, 2026
- Tapa blanda
- Nuevo
Librería: Grand Eagle Retail, Bensenville, IL, Estados Unidos de AmericaGrand Eagle Retail
Vendedor de IberLibro desde 12 de octubre de 2005
Condición: Nuevo
EUR 22,90
Cantidad disponible: 1 disponible
Añadir al carritoDescripción del artículo del vendedor
Paperback. Walk into the system design interview with a framework you can apply to any prompt - not a pile of memorised diagrams that fall apart under follow-up questions. Forty-five minutes. A blank whiteboard. "Design a URL shortener." "Design WhatsApp." "Design Uber." Most candidates blank on requirements, skip the back-of-envelope math, draw boxes without arrows, and never reach the trade-offs that decide hire vs. no-hire. The interviewer has heard every textbook answer a thousand times. What separates the offers from the rejections is a repeatable structure you can run on any system, under pressure, while talking out loud. System Design Pocket Guide: Interviews is the working candidate's prep book for FAANG-level loops and senior promo panels. Across 15 worked designs in 5 parts, every chapter follows the same six-step framework so the structure becomes muscle memory by the time you hit the real interview: - Requirements - functional and non-functional, the clarifying questions that prove you think before you draw.- Back-of-envelope estimation - QPS, storage, bandwidth, the math interviewers actually want to see.- High-level design - the boxes, the arrows, the read and write paths drawn cleanly.- Deep dive - the one or two components the interviewer will push on, with real schemas and algorithms.- Trade-offs - consistency vs. availability, push vs. pull, SQL vs. NoSQL - with a defensible pick, not a shrug.- Common mistakes - the failure modes interviewers fish for, and how to head them off before you get asked. The fifteen designs: - Part I - Web-Scale Basics: URL Shortener, Rate Limiter, Key-Value Store.- Part II - Social & Real-Time: News Feed, Chat System, Notification System.- Part III - Content & Media: Video Streaming, Image Hosting, Search Engine.- Part IV - Infrastructure: Distributed Cache, Task Scheduler, Monitoring System.- Part V - Advanced: Payment System, Ride-Sharing, Collaborative Editor. Every chapter is opinionated. When the answer is "use Cassandra," it says so - and explains why over Postgres for that specific workload. When push beats pull for the news feed of a celebrity with 50 million followers, the math is on the page. When sequential keys leak business secrets in the URL shortener, the fix is shown. No fluff, no "it depends" without a follow-up. Concepts are explained alongside the architecture - consistent hashing, leader election, quorum reads, vector clocks, geohashing, CRDTs, the WAL, sharding strategies, replication topologies. You will not be sent to Wikipedia mid-chapter. Trade-off tables, common-mistakes lists, and a cross-design reference card at the end give you something to revisit the night before the interview. Who this book is for: backend, full-stack, and platform engineers prepping for FAANG-level system design loops, senior or staff promo panels, or any interview where "tell me how you'd design X" decides the offer. Assumes you know what a database and a load balancer are; assumes nothing about distributed systems jargon. Other books in Pocket Guides for Developers (standalone, no reading order): - System Design Pocket Guide: Fundamentals- This book - System Design Pocket Guide: Interviews- AI Agents Pocket Guide- Prompt Engineering Pocket Guide- Database Playbook- LLM Observability Pocket Guide- Event-Driven Architecture Pocket Guide- RAG Pocket Guide This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…
N° de ref. del artículo 9798259009103
- Título
- System Design Pocket Guide (Paperback)
- Autor
- Gabriel Anhaia
- Editorial
- Independently Published
- Año de publicación
- 2026
- Estado
- new
- Encuadernación
- Paperback
- Idioma
- inglés
- ISBN 13
- 9798259009103
- Serie
- Libro 8 de 8: Pocket Guides for Developers
Forty-five minutes. A blank whiteboard. “Design a URL shortener.” “Design WhatsApp.” “Design Uber.” Most candidates blank on requirements, skip the back-of-envelope math, draw boxes without arrows, and never reach the trade-offs that decide hire vs. no-hire. The interviewer has heard every textbook answer a thousand times. What separates the offers from the rejections is a repeatable structure you can run on any system, under pressure, while talking out loud.
System Design Pocket Guide: Interviews is the working candidate's prep book for FAANG-level loops and senior promo panels. Across 15 worked designs in 5 parts, every chapter follows the same six-step framework so the structure becomes muscle memory by the time you hit the real interview:
• Requirements — functional and non-functional, the clarifying questions that prove you think before you draw.
• Back-of-envelope estimation — QPS, storage, bandwidth, the math interviewers actually want to see.
• High-level design — the boxes, the arrows, the read and write paths drawn cleanly.
• Deep dive — the one or two components the interviewer will push on, with real schemas and algorithms.
• Trade-offs — consistency vs. availability, push vs. pull, SQL vs. NoSQL — with a defensible pick, not a shrug.
• Common mistakes — the failure modes interviewers fish for, and how to head them off before you get asked.
The fifteen designs:
• Part I — Web-Scale Basics: URL Shortener, Rate Limiter, Key-Value Store.
• Part II — Social & Real-Time: News Feed, Chat System, Notification System.
• Part III — Content & Media: Video Streaming, Image Hosting, Search Engine.
• Part IV — Infrastructure: Distributed Cache, Task Scheduler, Monitoring System.
• Part V — Advanced: Payment System, Ride-Sharing, Collaborative Editor.
Every chapter is opinionated. When the answer is “use Cassandra,” it says so — and explains why over Postgres for that specific workload. When push beats pull for the news feed of a celebrity with 50 million followers, the math is on the page. When sequential keys leak business secrets in the URL shortener, the fix is shown. No fluff, no “it depends” without a follow-up.
Concepts are explained alongside the architecture — consistent hashing, leader election, quorum reads, vector clocks, geohashing, CRDTs, the WAL, sharding strategies, replication topologies. You will not be sent to Wikipedia mid-chapter. Trade-off tables, common-mistakes lists, and a cross-design reference card at the end give you something to revisit the night before the interview.
Who this book is for: backend, full-stack, and platform engineers prepping for FAANG-level system design loops, senior or staff promo panels, or any interview where “tell me how you'd design X” decides the offer. Assumes you know what a database and a load balancer are; assumes nothing about distributed systems jargon.
Other books in Pocket Guides for Developers (standalone, no reading order):
• System Design Pocket Guide: Fundamentals
• This book — System Design Pocket Guide: Interviews
• AI Agents Pocket Guide
• Prompt Engineering Pocket Guide
• Database Playbook
• LLM Observability Pocket Guide
• Event-Driven Architecture Pocket Guide
• RAG Pocket Guide
“Sinopsis” puede pertenecer a otra edición de este título.
Grand Eagle Retail
Bensenville, IL, Estados Unidos de America
Vendedor de IberLibro desde 12 de octubre de 2005
Tarifas de envío en Estados Unidos de America
| Artículo | De 6 a 14 días hábiles | De 6 a 16 días hábiles |
|---|---|---|
| Primer artículo | EUR 0,00 | EUR 0,00 |
Métodos de pago
Información empresarial del vendedor
APOLLO ONLINE CORP.
605 Geddes Street
Wilmington, DE Estados Unidos de America 19805
Condiciones de venta
We guarantee the condition of every book as it¿s described on the Abebooks web sites. If you¿ve changed
your mind about a book that you¿ve ordered, please use the Ask bookseller a question link to contact us
and we¿ll respond within 2 business days.
Books ship from California and Michigan.
Derecho al desistimiento
Si es un consumidor, puede rescindir el contrato de acuerdo con lo siguiente. Por consumidor se entiende cualquier persona física que actúe con fines ajenos a su actividad comercial, empresarial, oficio o profesión.
Información sobre el derecho de desistimiento
Derecho legal de desistimiento
Tiene derecho a rescindir este contrato en un plazo de 14 días sin dar ningún motivo.
El periodo de desistimiento vencerá a los 14 días desde que usted, o un tercero que no sea el transportista e indicado por usted, adquiera la posesión física del último bien o del último lote o pieza.
Para ejercer el derecho de desistimiento, complete de forma electrónica y envíe una declaración clara en nuestro sitio web, desde "Mis compras" en "Mi cuenta". Le enviaremos sin demora un acuse de recibo de dicho desistimiento a través de un soporte duradero (por ejemplo, por correo electrónico).
Para cumplir con el plazo de desistimiento, basta con que envíe su comunicación relativa al ejercicio del derecho de desistimiento antes de que venza el periodo de desistimiento.
Efectos del desistimiento
Si rescinde este contrato, le reembolsaremos todos los pagos que hayamos recibido de usted, incluidos los gastos de envío (excepto los gastos adicionales que surjan si elige un tipo de envío que no sea el tipo de envío estándar más económico que ofrecemos).
Podemos hacer una deducción del reembolso por la pérdida de valor de cualquier bien suministrado, si la pérdida es el resultado de una manipulación innecesaria por su parte.
Efectuaremos el reembolso sin demoras indebidas y, a más tardar, 14 días después de que se nos informe de su decisión de rescindir este contrato.
Efectuaremos el reembolso utilizando el mismo medio de pago que utilizó para la transacción inicial, a menos que haya acordado expresamente lo contrario; en cualquier caso, no incurrirá en ningún cargo como resultado de dicho reembolso.
Podremos retener el reembolso hasta que hayamos recibido los bienes o hasta que nos haya presentado una prueba de que los ha devuelto, lo que ocurra primero.
Deberá devolver los bienes o entregarlos a Grand Eagle Retail, Bensenville, Illinois, U.S.A., sin demoras indebidas y, en cualquier caso, en un plazo máximo de 14 días a partir del día en que nos comunique su desistimiento del presente contrato. El plazo se cumple si devuelve la mercancía antes de que venza el periodo de 14 días. Tendrá que asumir los gastos directos de devolución de los bienes. Usted solo es responsable de la disminución del valor de los bienes como resultado de una manipulación distinta a la necesaria para establecer la naturaleza, las características y el funcionamiento de los bienes.
Excepciones al derecho de desistimiento
El derecho de desistimiento no se aplica a lo siguiente:
- La entrega de periódicos, diarios o revistas, con la excepción de los contratos de suscripción; y
- El suministro de contenido digital que no se proporcione en un soporte tangible (por ejemplo, en un CD o DVD) si, al hacer el pedido, aceptó que podíamos empezar a entregarlo y que no podría desistir una vez iniciada la entrega.
Condiciones de envío
Orders usually ship within 2 business days. All books within the US ship free of charge. Delivery is 4-14 business days anywhere in the United States.
Books ship from California and Michigan.
If your book order is heavy or oversized, we may contact you to let you know extra shipping is required.