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Episode 2Distributed SystemsFREE
Twitter Fanout Timeline
5:44 · Alex & Sam
TwitterX#fanout#redis#timeline#write-amplification
Show Notes
How does a single tweet from Elon reach 100M followers in milliseconds? Alex and Sam dig into Twitter's hybrid push/pull fanout architecture and Redis timeline caches.
Key Takeaways
- Alex and Sam dig into Twitter's hybrid push/pull fanout architecture and Redis timeline caches.
- Core concepts covered: Fanout, Redis, Timeline, and 1 more.
- Key trade-offs and design decisions you can apply to your own system design interviews.
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Twitter Fan-Out & Timeline Architecture — deep dive with diagrams, tradeoffs & interview questions
Architecture Diagram