System Design Interview – An Insider's Guide: Volume 2

Authors: Alex Xu & Sahn Lam

Chapter-by-chapter summary covering proximity services, distributed message queues, metrics monitoring, payment systems, digital wallets, stock exchanges, and more large-scale system design problems.

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Chapters #

• 01 - Proximity Service
• 02 - Nearby Friends
• 03 - Google Maps
• 04 - Distributed Message Queue
• 05 - Metrics Monitoring and Alerting System
• 06 - Ad Click Event Aggregation
• 07 - Hotel Reservation System
• 08 - Distributed Email Service
• 09 - S3-like Object Storage
• 10 - Real-time Gaming Leaderboard
• 11 - Payment System
• 12 - Digital Wallet
• 13 - Stock Exchange