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Assume you are building an e-commerce site like Amazon. What security threats do you see, and how would you handle them?
10 months ago
If you were building facebook.com, how would you define identity and access management for it?
10 months ago
How does a Google Doc product with MS Paint feature work technically?
5 years ago
How many hoops will a VM in one region have to go through to communicate with a VM in another region?
5 years ago2 answers
Design a system to detect trigger words in an audio clip.
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Design a mobile phone for tweens.
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Design the US flag.
5 years ago
Design drones for Amazon.
5 years ago
How would you optimize a Content Distribution Network (CDN)?
5 years ago
Design a support agent that is able to help customers with their problems and refund them if they are not satisfied with the solution.
6 months ago
Design a cell phone for families living in cities.
5 years ago
How would you describe the design philosophies of Apple and Google? Which do you prefer?
5 years ago
Build an event-driven automation using the Devin API that solves a engineering workflow problem.
5 days ago
Design autocomplete.
22 days ago
Design a trend aggregator.
a year ago
How would you evaluate a RAG pipeline?
2 months ago

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