I have spent hours into digging this! It’s a course itself in Databases.

10 topics related to databases starting from [Beginner] to [Advanced] level so that you can build the right knowledge and choose the right database for designing your systems.

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[1] Sequential vs Random I/O with some live coding

Understand the performance differences between sequential and random I/O through practical coding examples.

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I have completed 2 years as an SSE at Uber.

In recent times, I have tried to carefully observe what is the extra work which Staff level engineers are doing that I am probably not doing.

Here are a few points I could takeaway:

[1] Setting the right standard for reviews

While all senior engineers do know "in-depth" about their code repositories, I have seen staff engineers deep enough in the code that they are always one or two levels ahead compared to other people.

The takeaway is they have spent rea…

There's a lot in the implementation and less on the surface ⚡️

If you're someone who has been repeatedly watching videos on system design concepts but has never deep dived into the implementation, then this post is for you.

Here are three easy-to-follow implementations of 1 Database concept, 1 Data distribution algorithm, and 1 API design pattern:

[1] How to implement Optimistic Locking?

Live coding to see how conflicts can be resolved if there are conflicts.

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