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System Design Interviews by Doing by Kai London

Prepare for system design interviews by working through designs step by step, with the reasoning behind each trade-off.

What the book covers

Method

A repeatable way to approach any design question.

Core building blocks

Storage, caching, queues and load balancing.

Worked designs

Common systems explained end to end.

Communicating trade-offs

Explaining decisions clearly under time pressure.

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Who it is for

Engineers preparing for design interviews.

About the author

Professor Kai London — CISSP, CISM.

An internationally recognised cybersecurity executive, board advisor and Founder & CEO of Quantum AI Systems Security LLC, writing at the convergence of AI, governance and operational resilience. Honorary Professor and Researcher at UCL.