High-Scale URL Shortener (TinyURL) Architecture

Design an end-to-end distributed URL shortener system serving 100M daily active users with sub-10ms latency.

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Project Description

Architect a scalable URL shortener platform calculating QPS capacity estimations, Base62 encoding key generation services (KGS), Redis caching layers, and database sharding.

Learning Objectives

Calculate QPS and storage hardware capacity requirements.
Design collision-free Base62 short URL key generation.

Technical Requirements & Specifications

### Project Overview
Design a scalable distributed URL shortener system capable of handling 100M daily users.

Project Metadata

Estimated Time⏱️ ~5 Hours

Difficulty📊 intermediate

Milestone Count📋 2 Milestones

Skills Demonstrated

Back-of-the-Envelope Capacity EstimationBase62 Key Generation Service (KGS)Distributed Cache InvalidationDatabase Partitioning

Prerequisites

Scalability & Caching

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