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Track all the latest content additions and updates to Hello Interview. We continuously add new system design breakdowns, deep dives, and learning materials.

March 9 - 15, 2026

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March 2 - 8, 2026

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February 23 - March 1, 2026

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Added geospatial indexing section covering geohashes, quadtrees, k-d trees, and R-trees.Feb 26, 2026 | Deep Dive
Added geospatial search section covering geo_point, geo_shape, and spatial indexing strategies.Feb 26, 2026 | Deep Dive

February 16 - 22, 2026

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Clarified why state-heavy connections favor consistent hashing over pub/sub, fixed misleading Zookeeper lookup description.Feb 17, 2026 | System Design
Clarified SSE unidirectional nature, explained gRPC-Web browser limitations, expanded CDC/search index staleness explanation, added eventual vs weak consistency distinction, and introduced PACELC theorem.Feb 16, 2026 | Quick Guide
Fixed 30%→60% math error in DB5 addition example, corrected virtual node positions to match diagram, added hot spots section with mitigation strategies, added data movement vs replication callout, clarified virtual nodes help with insertions too, added Redis hash slot comparison, and added DDIA caveat about real-world usage.Feb 16, 2026 | Deep Dive
Fixed cache latency to say cross-AZ instead of cross-region, clarified cache throughput (reads/writes roughly equal at 100k-200k+ ops/sec), fixed TiB label to tebibytes, changed app server 'sharding' to 'horizontal scaling', updated network to 25 Gbps standard/50-100 Gbps high-perf, aligned message queue WPS threshold with DB limits, and added HA vs sharding callout.Feb 16, 2026 | Deep Dive
Fixed factual errors: Erlang still powers WhatsApp, corrected DynamoDB transaction limits and partition/sort key terminology, rewrote pub/sub partitioning scenarios with accurate channel math, fixed Redis memory estimates, and resolved API return type inconsistency.Feb 16, 2026 | System Design
Added available_seats > 0 guards to all SQL examples, fixed deadlock ordering advice, corrected REPEATABLE READ claims for PostgreSQL, added row count checks to OCC examples, rewrote ABA/version column guidance, fixed 2PC section (PREPARE TRANSACTION, blocking vs inconsistency), reclassified CockroachDB, added saga orchestrator durability, added fencing tokens for distributed locks, and replaced undefined 'application-level status coordination' term.Feb 16, 2026 | System Design
Rewrote sync/async replication section for clarity, fixed auction concurrency example with proper WHERE conditions, clarified read vs write performance numbers, corrected WAL flush explanation, added connection pooling discussion, added optimistic concurrency control section, and removed leftover editorial text.Feb 16, 2026 | Deep Dive

February 9 - 15, 2026

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Updated network bandwidth figures (50-100 Gbps), fixed SSD latency claim (sub-millisecond, not 10ms), corrected unit notation (KB/B vs kb/b), updated Aurora storage limit to 256 TiB, and refreshed all numbers for 2026.Feb 15, 2026 | Deep Dive
Clarified seat map data model, added read-path complexity for distributed lock, explained Stripe payment flow with PCI compliance, added idempotency for webhooks, detailed virtual queue implementation, addressed OCC scalability limits, and fixed locking terminology.Feb 15, 2026 | System Design
Fixed SharedFiles composite key, added CompleteMultipartUpload step, corrected compression algorithm claims, clarified CDN signed URLs vs S3 presigned URLs, added content-defined chunking for delta sync, clarified download flow for chunked files, and improved hybrid sync explanation.Feb 15, 2026 | System Design
Fixed leaderboard SQL query to count distinct solved problems instead of all submissions, corrected tree serialization from 'inorder' to 'level-order (BFS)', updated deprecated Redis ZREVRANGE to ZRANGE REV, fixed DynamoDB partition key guidance, added cursor-based pagination, clarified container-worker communication flow, and fixed multiple typos.Feb 15, 2026 | System Design
Clarified Ride entity lifecycle, Redis geohash encoding details, service routing flow, and updated DynamoDB cost estimates.Feb 15, 2026 | System Design
Fixed SQL examples, corrected Redis/Kafka/SQS technical claims, and updated throughput calculations for consistencyFeb 15, 2026 | System Design
Corrected SQS claims about exponential backoff, throughput limits, and priority queue behavior; fixed DynamoDB partition capacity and hot partition claims; updated RabbitMQ HA and delayed message details; added write sharding guidance for Executions table.Feb 15, 2026 | System Design
Corrected AWS bandwidth from 400 Gbps to 200 Gbps and updated machine count math. Added distributed crawl-delay locking with Redis. Clarified content vs URL deduplication, DNS bottleneck at scale, crawler trap depth definition, and SQS backoff as a pattern. Added priority crawling and HTTP HEAD deep dives.Feb 15, 2026 | System Design
Clarified 100M clicks/day math, added OLAP vs Time Series DB comparison, explained why Flink over Kafka consumers, named Lambda architecture pattern, added Scaling Writes pattern callout, and fixed several factual inaccuracies.Feb 15, 2026 | System Design
Clarified offset ordering, replication semantics, delivery guarantees, and queue vs stream distinction. Updated CLI flags and KafkaJS code examples.Feb 15, 2026 | Deep Dive
Fixed GSI/LSI consistency claims, corrected partition throughput (3,000 RCU), rewrote CAP/consistency section to clarify per-request strong consistency, fixed replica configuration claims, corrected pricing math, updated DAX description, added PartiQL support, fixed hash partitioning terminology, and addressed 60+ community comments.Feb 15, 2026 | Deep Dive
Fixed PostgreSQL lock timeout and Lucene claims, clarified Elasticsearch caching, added TTL race condition handling, and explained shared database design choice.Feb 14, 2026 | System Design
Clarified Redis counter mechanics, multi-region deployment, URL expiration handling, and deduplication tradeoffs based on user feedback.Feb 14, 2026 | System Design
Corrected SQS retry mechanism explanation (use ChangeMessageVisibility for exponential backoff, not built-in). Fixed DelaySeconds vs ChangeMessageVisibility confusion. Clarified RedisBloom module requirement for Bloom filters.Feb 14, 2026 | System Design
Added explanations for hot shard re-aggregation, exactly-once semantics, and event time windowing.Feb 13, 2026 | System Design
Added deep dives on mega-streams (CDN-based delivery, sampling) and client reconnection handling.Feb 13, 2026 | System Design

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Complete rewrite with new visualizations and explanations.Jan 20, 2026 | Content
Consolidated helper functions into a single hasRequestsAhead() for movement decisions. Added 'Stopping vs. Traveling' explanation to clarify why stopping is direction-aware but traveling is not.Jan 19, 2026 | Content

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Added contrasts with a home-grown Pub/Sub implementation.Jan 17, 2026 | Deep Dive
Addressed the primary comments with additional clarifications. Added deep dives on handling WebSocket and Redis Pub/Sub failures, covering heartbeats, "last seen", sequence numbers, and recovery strategies.Jan 15, 2026 | System Design

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Replaced getCompartmentIfValid() with explicit isExpired() check and getCompartment() call for better separation of concerns. Replaced background job extension with handling broken compartments to make it more realistic. Moved the occupied flag from Locker to Compartment with accompanied deep dive to explain decision.Jan 9, 2026 | Content

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Complete rewrite adding 7 pattern sections (Realtime Updates, Long-Running Tasks, Contention, Scaling Reads/Writes, Large Blobs, Multi-Step Processes) with diagrams and deep-dive links.Jul 18, 2025 | Quick Guide

July 7 - 13, 2025

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