Notification Service

A notification system is responsible for sending timely alerts to users through different channels .A notification system has become one of the most essential features in modern applications, enabling instant communication between platforms and their users. Whether it is a bank sending a payment confirmation, an e-commerce app updating on delivery status, or a news portal sharing breaking updates, notifications ensure timely information reaches the right users across multiple channels like email, SMS, push, or in-app alerts. Beyond just information delivery,…

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High Availability

Picture this: you open your favorite streaming app on a Friday night, popcorn in hand, all set to binge that new series everyone’s talking about. You hit play—and nothing happens. The app just spins. After a few refresh attempts, you give up and head to Twitter to vent about it. That frustration you just imagined? That’s what happens when a system isn’t “highly available.” High availability (HA) might sound like a fancy buzzword, but at its core, it simply means: your…

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URL Shortner

URL shortening is a technique on the World Wide Web in which a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) may be made substantially shorter and still direct to the required page. This is achieved by using a redirect which links to the web page that has a long URL [wikipedia] We’ve all seen them. Those neat little links that look like this: 👉 Instead of a giant wall of text like: 👉 https://www.superlongwebsite.com/products/category/page?id=928374&ref=campaign&utm_source=ads&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=something-2025 Cleaner, right? Easier to share, tweet, and even remember. That’s the magic of URL shorteners. But here’s the…

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Key Value Store

Key value store the first thing flashes in mind is “Map” data structure which are actually designed to store key value pairs. Key-value stores might sound simple, but they’re the quiet workhorses powering some of the biggest systems on the planet. —the simplicity hides enormous power. Key-value stores are the backbone of many large-scale systems we use every day, from caching in Facebook’s feed to Amazon’s shopping cart. As a system designer, I absolutely love talking about key-value stores because they’re…

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