System Design - Group Study and Discussion #1 (Design Facebook Messenger)

Discussion notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ukzA5cb-F7znr5qfkUNSHXHJTj8pvX6wIl-ymQZRcoo/edit?usp=sharing

Mock interview to study: Design Facebook Messenger

Here are some good resources to learn about system design interviews.

• [Course] The Top Ways People Fail System Design Interviews
• https://start.interviewing.io/showcase
• https://bytebytego.com/
• The book "Designing Data-Intensive Applications" by Martin Kleppmann

Each week we pick one system design mock to discuss as a group. You should watch this mock interview before joining the meeting.

The event will go like this.

1. Please watch the video before the meeting.
2. At the start of the meeting, we will breakout into rooms with around 5 people in each room.
3. There will be suggested topics for dicussion.
4. In each breakout room, we will spend around 40 minutes discussing. This is your place to ask questions, clarify your understanding, and give your feedback for the design.

This is meant to be a discussion that supplements your self-study. To be clear, this is not a teaching session. It is only a supplemental discussion.