Revise · W01 · BossDesign a URL Shortener at Scale
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Clarify, then estimate
Ask before designing: spikes, code alphabet, duplicate URLs, analytics freshness, API rate limits. The answers set the target: 120,000 redirects/s during viral spikes.
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