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Dropbox Interview

System Design by Wes and Kevin

Feb 28, 202132:40Technology

Kevin asks Wes to design Dropbox, with an emphasis on designing the data model and storage techniques to scale out. Helpful links:

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Dropbox Interview is an episode from System Design by Wes and Kevin. Kevin asks Wes to design Dropbox, with an emphasis on designing the data model and storage techniques to scale out. Helpful links: The episode was published on Feb 28, 202...

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Published Feb 28, 2021, 32:40 long, audio available.

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