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Ask HN: How to study for system design that doesn't include front end/back end?

38 points 3a2d29 | 2 comments | 13 Mar 25 23:32 UTC | HN request time: 0.445s | source

I got a system design interview where I was asked to build a pricer for a financial product, then expand it to multiple pricers that might share inputs.

This was not the typical system design interview where you have to deal with APIs / load balancers / latency / etc

I have studied that a lot, but what about these type of general interviews?

1. chaz6 ◴[14 Mar 25 09:16 UTC] No.43360851[source]▶
It has been said that a system is not the sum of its parts, but the product of the interactions between its components. I hope someone can remind me who said this.
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2. a_tartaruga ◴[14 Mar 25 22:51 UTC] No.43368165[source]▶
You might be thinking of Donella Meadows.