SproutStack🌱 System Design (Beginner) · Interview Questions (Beginner) · cozy lesson
Design TinyURL
12 min · 1 min read · no scary math, promise
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You’ve got this. Read a little, play a little — I’ll wait. No rush.
POST /shorten {url} → id → abc123. GET /abc123 → 302. DB: id→url. Cache hot 20%. Rate limit POST. Scale: replicas + sharding by id.
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Correct answers earn XP (once each).
1. ID strategy beginner?
2. Read path?
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The checkbox in the explorer turns green too — same progress.