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Systems Design Interview: Volume 2 Review and Payments Chapter Deepdive



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System Design Interview: Volume 2 is a book written by my friend Alex Xu. At the time of recording it was the #1 bestseller on Amazon for CS books. This is my review of the book, and deepdive into the payments chapter.

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro
02:40 How does Volume 1 vs Volume 2 compare?
04:06 The 4 parts to a systems design interview
05:59 Deepdive into the Payments chapter
06:50 Step 1: understanding the problem scope
09:52 Step 2: high-level design
12:57 Step 3: design deepdive
17:18 Step 4: wrap-up
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