intermediateDistributed Systems Trade-offs
What does the CAP theorem actually state? Why can a distributed system only guarantee two of Consistency, Availability, and Partition tolerance, not all three?
Tests whether you understand the actual proof intuition, not just the acronym.
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Generate a complete, structured system design answer — requirements, capacity estimation, API design, architecture, database choice, scaling, caching, fault tolerance, security, trade-offs, and more, walked through the way a strong senior engineer would in a real interview.
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