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Interview Sources Overview (System Design and Others)

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1

Why read books on System Design Interview

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Introductory chapter to the section: why books are needed, how to choose a source, and how they differ.

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2

System Design Primer (short summary)

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Analysis of the legendary open-source repository: study guides, key concepts, practical tasks and Anki cards.

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System Design Interview: An Insider's Guide (short summary)

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A detailed analysis of the legendary book by Alex Xu: scaling, estimation, rate limiter, consistent hashing, key-value store.

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4

Acing the System Design Interview (short summary)

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Analysis of the book Zhiyong Tan: design methodology, distributed transactions and common services.

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5

Hacking the System Design Interview (short summary)

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Analysis of the Stanley Chiang book: 7-step framework, 16 practice problems and comparison with other materials.

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6

System Design for Interviews and Beyond (short summary)

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Detailed analysis of the Leetcode course: from system requirements to practical design problems.

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Machine Learning System Design (short summary)

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Practical guide from Babushkin and Kravchenko: problem analysis, metrics, working with data, common mistakes and preparation for ML interviews.

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8

AI Engineering Interviews (short summary)

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Early Release book from O'Reilly about preparing for the GenAI interview: 300 questions with an analysis of good answers, mistakes and key points.

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9

Why watch documentaries about technology

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Introductory chapter: lessons learned, design decisions, compromises and the people behind the technology.

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