distributed systems
FDE interview questions tagged distributed systems, across every topic.
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Core
IdempotencyAn idempotent operation produces the same end state whether you apply it once or five times, which is exactly what you need in a world where retries and at-least-once delivery mean every request may arrive twice. Without it, a single lost response turns one charge into two; with it, the duplicate is a no-op.⚙️ System Design for AI in ProductionSign in
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Consistency, CAP and What Your Workflow Actually NeedsCAP says that when the network partitions you must choose availability or consistency, and it is quoted far more often than it is applied. The useful version for a deployment is narrower: decide per operation how stale a read may be, because most workflows tolerate seconds of staleness and a few tolerate none.⚙️ System Design for AI in Production🔒 Premium