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Re:Learn how to design large-scale systems by closeparen on Saturday July 14, 2018 @12:12AM (#17528784)
Building a system out of a handful of services, databases, caches, and queues is table stakes for a backend engineering intern, not "epic skills."
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Re:Learn how to design large-scale systems by eloff on Saturday July 14, 2018 @12:22AM (#17528810)
And knowing how to architect it so that it actually scales well is beyond most senior engineers. You underestimate the difficulty I think.
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