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I failed a system design interview for saying use postgres for the whole solution. App data to support about a millions users and a job/task table to support as
by nojvek 2y ago
I failed a system design interview for saying use postgres for the whole solution. App data to support about a millions users and a job/task table to support asynchronous tasks. The throughput was a few tasks per user per day.
I feel they were expecting a more complex solution with kafka queues.
He! Interviews don't go well for saying "just use postgres"
- eska 2y agoYou dodged a bullet. My company burst out laughing and applauded when I suggested we should write boring software (we’re a milling company)