System Design
Two million games, one running clock
Plate two: two players sharing one truth while the clock runs, and why the bravest thing a real-time system can do is stop.
System Design
System Design
Designing a URL shortener for its worst day
Resilience is a design input, not a deep dive at the end. The first in a series: the smallest system everyone knows, designed around the question of what is allowed to die.