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The provided content outlines a comprehensive series on data structures, algorithms, and system design, offering in-depth coverage, practical examples, and system design case studies to enhance understanding and preparation for technical interviews.

Abstract

The website introduces a 30-day series aimed at demystifying data structures, algorithms, and system design concepts, with a focus on hands-on learning and real-world application. It includes detailed explanations of complex topics such as complexity analysis, arrays, binary search, hashing, sliding window, two-pointer technique, recursion, divide and conquer, dynamic programming, strings, stacks, queues, linked lists, backtracking, greedy algorithms, graph theory, heap/priority queue, intervals, trees, topological sort, Dijkstra's algorithm, Prim's/MST, famous algorithms, and complete system design strategies. The series is complemented by a wealth of resources, including Github repositories, video tutorials, and a newsletter for ongoing tech insights. Additionally, the content emphasizes the importance of practical implementation through projects and coding exercises, catering to both beginners and experienced professionals in the field.

Opinions

  • The author stresses the significance of a strategic approach to tech interviews, combining strategy, curated resources, techniques, and practice.
  • There is an emphasis on the practical application of concepts over theoretical knowledge, advocating for a learn-by-doing approach.
  • The series is designed to cater to a wide audience, including those interested in data science, machine learning, data engineering, MLOps, and deep learning.
  • The author believes in the importance of community engagement and continuous learning, as evidenced by the invitation to subscribe to a tech newsletter and follow the series for updates.
  • The content reflects a commitment to providing comprehensive and structured learning materials, with a clear roadmap from basic to advanced topics.
  • The inclusion of system design case studies suggests a recognition of the importance of system design skills in the tech industry.
  • The author's approach to education is holistic, integrating various aspects of software development and data analysis to prepare individuals for a career in technology.

Day 1 of 30 days of Data Structures and Algorithms and System Design Simplified : DSA and System Design made Easy

With examples, code and System Design …

Pic credits : gdeveloper

Welcome back peeps! We are starting a new series along with other Data series that are already ongoing ( you can find it at the end of this article).

Honestly, this is one of the most important series I wanted to create 2 years back; but due to crazy work commitments I was in a busy drift. But now, I have some time over the weekends — so let’s get started.

System Design Case Studies — In Depth

Design Instagram

Design Netflix

Design Reddit

Design Amazon

Design Messenger App

Design Twitter

Design URL Shortener

Design Dropbox

Design Youtube

Design API Rate Limiter

Design Web Crawler

Design Amazon Prime Video

Design Facebook’s Newsfeed

Design Yelp

Design Uber

Design Tinder

Design Tiktok

Design Whatsapp

Most Popular System Design Questions

Mega Compilation : Solved System Design Case studies

Complete Data Structures and Algorithm Series

Complexity Analysis

Backtracking

Sliding Window

Greedy Technique

Two pointer Technique

Arrays

Linked List

Strings

Stack

Queues

1- D Dynamic Programming

Divide and Conquer Technique

Recursion

Github —

As a Sr. software engineer, I cannot stress how important Data Structures and Algorithms and System design is and most of the candidates I have interviewed throughout my career have some sort of phobia towards the tech interview process or to start with the preparation process itself. Let me put this straight — Grinding multiple platforms ( questions) and ’n’ no of problems wont do any good except unless your target is to memorize the solutions and then fail.

Goal of this series —

3 clear objectives —

Develop a thorough ( hands -on) understanding of DSA in detail ( Why of DSA)

Recognize the patterns and develop techniques

Solve and beat your own time every time

End Goal — Well, I can assure you one thing that you learning curve will be exponential and 99% of the time you will be busy implementing/coding solutions.

Golden rule

Tech interview = Strategy ( How to learn)+ Curated Resources ( What and Where to learn from)+Techniques ( shortcuts and patterns) + Practice ( time it and be fast)

What NOT to expect from this series -

Do not expect Theory — you can read the theory from other resources ( sorry! I’m too busy to dig in the theory)

Projects Videos —

All the projects, data structures, SQL, algorithms, system design, Data Science and ML , Data Analytics, Data Engineering, , Implemented Data Science and ML projects, Implemented Data Engineering Projects, Implemented Deep Learning Projects, Implemented Machine Learning Ops Projects, Implemented Time Series Analysis and Forecasting Projects, Implemented Applied Machine Learning Projects, Implemented Tensorflow and Keras Projects, Implemented PyTorch Projects, Implemented Scikit Learn Projects, Implemented Big Data Projects, Implemented Cloud Machine Learning Projects, Implemented Neural Networks Projects, Implemented OpenCV Projects,Complete ML Research Papers Summarized, Implemented Data Analytics projects, Implemented Data Visualization Projects, Implemented Data Mining Projects, Implemented Natural Leaning Processing Projects, MLOps and Deep Learning, Applied Machine Learning with Projects Series, PyTorch with Projects Series, Tensorflow and Keras with Projects Series, Scikit Learn Series with Projects, Time Series Analysis and Forecasting with Projects Series, ML System Design Case Studies Series videos will be published on our youtube channel ( just launched).

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What to expect from this Series —

This series will cover —

Github for this series —

Complexity Analysis — Completed

What is complexity Analysis?

Why Complexity Analysis is important?

Important concepts — Space and Time

Big — O notation and Examples

Tips and Techniques- How to determine and differentiate Complexities

Arrays — Completed

What and Why Arrays(in 2–3 sentences)?

How does Arrays work?

Important Patterns and Techniques in Arrays Questions

Most Important Questions with Solutions

Complexity Analysis

Tips and Techniques to solve Arrays Questions Fast.

Binary Search — Completed

What and Why Binary Search (in 2–3 sentences)?

How does Binary Search work?

Important Patterns and Techniques in Binary Search Questions

Most Important Questions with Solutions

Complexity Analysis

Tips and Techniques to solve Binary Search Questions Fast.

Hash Table/Hashing- Completed

What and Why Hash Table(in 2–3 sentences)?

How does hash table work?

Important Patterns and Techniques in Hash Table Questions

Most Important Questions with Solutions

Complexity Analysis

Tips and Techniques to solve Hash Table Questions Fast.

Sliding Window — Completed

Important Patterns and Techniques in Sliding Window Questions

Only Most Important Questions with Solutions

Complexity Analysis

Tips and Techniques to solve Sliding Window Questions Fast.

Two pointer Technique — Completed

What and Why Two pointer technique(in 2–3 sentences)?

How does Two pointer technique work?

Important Patterns and Techniques in Two pointer technique Questions

Most Important Questions with Solutions

Complexity Analysis

Tips and Techniques to solve Two pointer technique Questions Fast.

Recursion — Completed

What and Why Recursion(in 2–3 sentences)?

How does Recursion work?

Important Patterns and Techniques in Recursion Questions

Most Important Questions with Solutions

Complexity Analysis

Tips and Techniques to solve Recursion Questions Fast.

Divide and Conquer Technique — Completed

What and Why Divide and Conquer technique(in 2–3 sentences)?

How does Divide and Conquer technique work?

Important Patterns and Techniques in Divide and Conquer technique Questions

Most Important Questions with Solutions

Complexity Analysis

Tips and Techniques to solve Divide and Conquer Questions Fast.

1- D Dynamic Programming — Completed

What and Why Dynamic Programming(in 2–3 sentences)?

How does Dynamic Programming technique work?

Important Patterns and Techniques in 1-D Dynamic Programming Questions

Most Important Questions with Solutions

Complexity Analysis

Tips and Techniques to solve 1-D Dynamic Programming Questions Fast.

Strings — Completed

What and Why Strings(in 2–3 sentences)?

How does Strings work?

Important Patterns and Techniques in Strings Questions

Most Important Questions with Solutions

Complexity Analysis

Tips and Techniques to solve Strings Questions Fast.

Stack — Completed

What and Why Stack (in 2–3 sentences)?

How does Stack work?

Important Patterns and Techniques in Stack Questions

Most Important Questions with Solutions

Complexity Analysis

Tips and Techniques to solve Stack Questions Fast.

Queue — Completed

What and Why Queue(in 2–3 sentences)?

How does Queue work?

Important Patterns and Techniques in Queue Questions

Most Important Questions with Solutions

Complexity Analysis

Tips and Techniques to solve Queue Questions Fast.

Linked List — Completed

What and Why Linked List(in 2–3 sentences)?

How does Linked List work?

Important Patterns and Techniques in Linked List Questions

Most Important Questions with Solutions

Complexity Analysis

Tips and Techniques to solve Linked List Questions Fast.

Backtracking- Completed

What and Why Backtracking(in 2–3 sentences)?

How does Backtracking work?

Important Patterns and Techniques in Backtracking Questions

Most Important Questions with Solutions

Complexity Analysis

Tips and Techniques to solve Backtracking Questions Fast.

Greedy- Completed

What and Why Greedy(in 2–3 sentences)?

How does Greedy technique work?

Important Patterns and Techniques in Greedy Questions

Most Important Questions with Solutions

Complexity Analysis

Tips and Techniques to solve Greedy Questions Fast.

Graphs — Completed

What and Why Graphs(in 2–3 sentences)?

How does Graphs work?

Important Patterns and Techniques in Graphs Questions

Most Important Questions with Solutions

Complexity Analysis

Tips and Techniques to solve Graphs Questions Fast.

Heap/Priority Queue — Completed

What and Why Heap/Priority Queue(in 2–3 sentences)?

How does Heap/Priority Queue work?

Important Patterns and Techniques in Heap/Priority Queue Questions

Most Important Questions with Solutions

Complexity Analysis

Tips and Techniques to solve Heap/Priority Queue Questions Fast.

2D Dynamic Programming — Completed

What and Why 2D Dynamic Programming technique(in 2–3 sentences)?

How does 2 D Dynamic Programming technique work?

Important Patterns and Techniques in Dynamic Programming technique Questions

Most Important Questions with Solutions

Complexity Analysis

Tips and Techniques to solve Dynamic Programming technique Questions Fast.

Intervals — Completed

What and Why Intervals Technique(in 2–3 sentences)?

How does Interval work?

Important Patterns and Techniques in Intervals Questions

Most Important Questions with Solutions

Complexity Analysis

Tips and Techniques to solve Intervals Questions Fast.

Trees- Completed

What and Why Trees(in 2–3 sentences)?

How does Tree work?

Important Patterns and Techniques in Trees Questions

Most Important Questions with Solutions

Complexity Analysis

Tips and Techniques to solve Trees Questions Fast.

Tries

What and Why Tries(in two sentences)?

Important Patterns and Techniques in Trie Questions

Most Important Questions with Solutions

Complexity Analysis

Tips and Techniques to solve Trie Questions Fast.

Math and Geometry

Important Patterns and Techniques in Math and Geometry Questions

Most Important Questions with Solutions

Complexity Analysis

Tips and Techniques to solve Math and Geometry Questions Fast.

Bit Manipulation

What and Why Bit Manipulation(in 2–3 sentences)?

Important Patterns and Techniques in Bit Manipulation Questions

Most Important Questions with Solutions

Complexity Analysis

Tips and Techniques to solve Bit Manipulation Questions Fast.

Topological Sort

What and Why Topological Sort(in 2–3 sentences)?

Important Patterns and Techniques in Topological Sort Questions

Most Important Questions with Solutions

Complexity Analysis

Tips and Techniques to solve Topological Sort Questions Fast.

Dijkstra

What and Why Dijkstra(in 2–3 sentences)?

Important Patterns and Techniques in Dijktra Questions

Most Important Questions with Solutions

Complexity Analysis

Tips and Techniques to solve Dijkstra Questions Fast.

Prim’s/MST

What and Why Prim’s/MST(in 2–3 sentences)?

Important Patterns and Techniques in Prim’s/MST Questions

Most Important Questions with Solutions

Complexity Analysis

Tips and Techniques to solve Prim’s/MST Questions Fast.

Most Famous Algorithms ( that you should know)

What and Why each algorithm(in 2–3 sentences)?

Important Patterns and Techniques in Algorithm Questions

Most Important Questions with Solutions

Complexity Analysis

Tips and Techniques to solve Algorithms Questions Fast.

For Complete System Design

1. System design basics

2. Horizontal and vertical scaling

3. Load balancing and Message queues

4. High level design and low level design, Consistent Hashing, Monolithic and Microservices architecture

5. Caching, Indexing, Proxies

6. Networking, How Browsers work, Content Network Delivery ( CDN)

7. Database Sharding, CAP Theorem, Database schema Design

8. Concurrency, API, Components + OOP + Abstraction

9. Estimation and Planning, Performance

10. Map Reduce, Patterns and Microservices

11. SQL vs NoSQL and Cloud

12. Most Popular System Design Questions

13. Complete System Design Case Studies Series

Github —

Advanced SQL Series

Day 1 : SQL Basics and Kick start of Advanced SQL Series

Day 2 : SQL Basics, Query Structure, Built In functions Conditions

Day 3 : Most Important Commands, Joins and Filters

Day 4 : Set Theory Operations, Stored Procedures and CASE statements in SQL

Day 5 : Wildcards, Aggregation and Sequences in SQL

Day 6 : Subqueries, Group by, order by and Having clauses in SQL and Analytical Functions

Day 7 : Window Functions, Grouping Sets and Constraints in SQL

Day 8 : BigQuery Basics, SELECT, FROM, WHERE and Date and Extract in BigQuery

Day 9 : Common Expression Table, UNNEST Clause, SQL vs NoSQL Databases

Day 10 : Triggers, Pivot and Cursors in SQL

Day 11 : Views, Indexes and Auto Increment in SQL

Day 12 : Query optimizations, Performance tuning in SQL

Day 13 : Introduction to MySQL, PostgreSQL and Mongo DB, Comparison between MySQL and PostgreSQL and Mongo DB, Introduction to SQL and NoSQL Databases

Day 14 : MySQL in Depth

Day 15 : PostgreSQL inDepth

Anyways, For Day 15 of 15 days of Advanced SQL, we will cover —

PostgreSQL inDepth

Github for Advanced SQL that you can follow —

All the projects, data structures, algorithms, system design, Data Science and ML, Data Engineering, MLOps and Deep Learning videos will be published on our youtube channel ( just launched).

Subscribe today!

System Design Case Studies — In Depth

Design Instagram

Design Messenger App

Design Twitter

Design URL Shortener

Design Dropbox

Design Youtube

Design API Rate Limiter

Design Web Crawler

Design Facebook’s Newsfeed

Design Yelp

Design Uber

Design Tinder

Design Tiktok

Design Whatsapp

Most Popular System Design Questions

Mega Compilation : Solved System Design Case studies

Complete Data Structures and Algorithm Series

Complexity Analysis

Backtracking

Sliding Window

Greedy Technique

Two pointer Technique

Arrays

Linked List

Strings

Stack

Queues

Hash Table/Hashing

Binary Search

1- D Dynamic Programming

Divide and Conquer Technique

Recursion

Github —

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30 days of Data Engineering with projects Series

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Complete Data Visualization and Pre-processing Series with projects

Complete Python Series with Projects

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Kaggle Best Notebooks that will teach you the most

Complete Developers Guide to Git

Exceptional Github Repos — Part 1

Exceptional Github Repos — Part 2

All the Data Science and Machine Learning Resources

210 Machine Learning Projects

Tech Newsletter —

If you are interested, you can join my newsletter through which I send tech interview tips, techniques, patterns, hacks — Software Development, ML, Data Science, Startups and Technology projects to more than 30K readers. You can subscribe to Tech Brew :

30 days of Data Analytics Series —

Day 1 : Data Analytics basics and kickstart of Data analytics with projects series

Day 2: Business Understanding — Data Driven Decision Making, Descriptive Analysis, Predictive Analysis, Diagnostic Analysis, Prescriptive Analysis

Day 3 : Data Analytics Ecosystem — Data Life Cycle, Data Analysis complete process ( most important things)

Day 4 : Probability, Conditional Probability, Binomial Distribution, Probability Density Function, Sampling Distribution

Day 5 : Statistics

Day 6 : Basic and Advanced SQL

Day 7 : Data Collection, Data Cleaning and Python

Day 8 : Pandas and Numpy

Day 9 : Data Manipulation

Day 10 : Data Visualization — Part 1

Day 11 : Project 1 : Data Visualization — Part 2

Day 12 : Data Visualization — Part 3

Day 13: Tableau — Part 1

Day 14: Tableau — Part 2

Day 15: Tableau — Part 3

Tableau Project

Day 16 : Data Analysis Project 2

Day 17 : Data Analysis Project 3

Day 18: Data Analysis Project 4

Day 19: Data Analysis Project 5

Day 20 : Data Analysis Project 6

Categorical and Numerical Features

Missing Value Analysis

Fill the missing Values

Unique Value Analysis

Univariate Analysis

Bivariate Analysis

Multivariate Analysis

Correlation Analysis

Day 21 : Data Analysis Project 7

Data Profiling

Feature Engineering

GroupBy Features

Categorical and Numerical Features

Missing Value Analysis

Fill the missing Values

Unique Value Analysis

Univariate Analysis

Bivariate Analysis

Multivariate Analysis

Correlation Analysis

Day 22 : Data analysis Project 8

Linear Regression

Data Profiling

Feature Engineering

Sort Values

Categorical and Numerical Features

Missing Value Analysis

Unique Value Analysis

Univariate Analysis

Bivariate Analysis

Multivariate Analysis

Correlation Analysis

Correlation Coefficients

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