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Cisco System Design interview

This blog walks through how to approach Cisco system design interviews  the way Cisco engineers themselves think: starting from networking fundamentals, grounding every design choice in real failure behavior, and prioritizing determinism, isolation, and operational safety over theoretical elegance.
Khayyam Hashmi
Jan 12 · 2026
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Airbnb System Design Explained

Airbnb System Design explained, covering global search, availability modeling, booking consistency, trust systems, and scalable marketplace architecture.
Mishayl Hanan
Jan 12 · 2026
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Flexport System Design interview

This blog reframes the Flexport system design interview the way Flexport engineers expect you to approach it: by grounding your design in logistics reality, embracing uncertainty, and building systems that remain correct, explainable, and operable at global scale.
Zarish Khalid
Jan 9 · 2026
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OTT System Design Explained

OTT System Design explained, covering video streaming architecture, CDNs, adaptive playback, personalization, and scalable media delivery platforms.
Mishayl Hanan
Jan 9 · 2026
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Intuit System Design interview

This blog explains how to approach Intuit system design interviews by focusing on trust-first architecture: designing secure, compliant financial platforms that aggregate data from unreliable external institutions. It walks through how to reason about PII protection, asynchronous data aggregation, auditability, failure handling, and safe scaling during peak periods like tax season, while clearly articulating the trade-offs interviewers expect strong candidates to defend.
Zarish Khalid
Jan 8 · 2026
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Crunchyroll System Design Explained

Crunchyroll System Design explained, covering anime streaming, simulcast releases, subtitle handling, CDNs, and scalable OTT architecture.
Mishayl Hanan
Jan 8 · 2026
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Notion System Design Explained

Notion System Design explained, covering block-based content, real-time collaboration, databases, permissions, and scalable workspace architecture.
Mishayl Hanan
Jan 7 · 2026
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Robinhood System Design interview

This blog walks through the problem the way Robinhood interviewers expect you to reason about it: starting from constraints, explaining failure modes, and clearly defending trade-offs.
Zarish Khalid
Jan 6 · 2026
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Miro System Design Explained

Miro System Design explained, covering real-time collaboration, infinite canvas modeling, conflict resolution, and scalable whiteboard architecture.
Mishayl Hanan
Jan 6 · 2026