and maybe it can help stem asinine "System Design" interviews like "Design netflix" I call them asinine because these kinds of architectures aren't written out

and maybe it can help stem asinine "System Design" interviews like "Design netflix" I call them asinine because these kinds of architectures aren't written out in one day (let alone 60 minutes) and it's silly to not build an evolving setup (unless you are replacing a legacy system in a company with scale, but then again you have more than 60 minutes...). I wish system design interviews would not just think about if you know how to write high scale designs, but if you know how to build tiny designs that minimize footprint before scale and give maximum flexibility for scaling when its indicated ...