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System Design Part 2: How does Twitter handle scale? - Prathamesh Deshmukh

Prathamesh Deshmukh

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June 4, 2019
System Design
HLD

Part 2 of an engaging session on System Design.

A detailed look at how tech giants like Whatsapp, Twitter, Facebook and Netflix are designed to work smoothly despite the massive scale at which they operate.

In Part 2, Prathamesh Deshmukh discusses Databases (...Relational as well as NoSQL..), and what factors do we consider while designing databases or choosing databases for platforms.

He also explains how Twitter's DB is designed to address factors like Consistency and Availability at their operating scale.

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