How to Crack System Design Interviews - Part 4: Choosing Design Tradeoffs

When discussing design trade-offs in a system design interview, it's important to go beyond simply reciting known trade-offs. Instead, we take a more analytical approach:

• Consider non-functional requirements: We examine the impact of non-functional requirements, such as durability guarantees, on the system design and user experience.

• Analyze access patterns: We study how users intera