System Design Problemset

110 deterministic distributed systems problems across 15 infrastructure domains

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Featured Daily ChallengeHLD-408 · Expert (2000 pts)
Multi-Cluster LLM Prefix KV-Cache Router & Token Scheduler

Design an OpenAI / vLLM multi-cluster inference control plane that routes shared system-prompt prefixes to sticky KV-cache pools, enforces TPM quotas, and survives 8x storage/checkpoint brownouts.

Caching & Consistency · 7 Chaos & Skew Cases
Open Arena
StatusCodeQuestionMax PtsBest
—HLD-201High-Throughput URL Shortener & RedirectorMedium1,000—
—HLD-101Distributed API Rate Limiter & Quota GatewayEasy500—
—HLD-301Flash-Sale Concert Ticket CheckoutHard1,500—
—HLD-223Adaptive Bitrate Video Streaming & Edge Manifest CDNMedium1,000—
—HLD-102Pastebin & Ephemeral Text Snippet StoreEasy500—
—HLD-402Global Real-Time Social Timeline FeedExpert2,000—
—HLD-202Product Catalog & Autocomplete Typeahead SearchMedium1,000—
—HLD-3101-on-1 & Small-Group E2EE Messaging, Offline Queue & ReceiptsHard1,500—
—HLD-107Distributed 64-Bit ID & Sequence ServiceEasy500—
—HLD-221Online Coding Judge & Sandbox Execution QueueMedium1,000—
—HLD-319Global Card Payment Authorization & Idempotent Retry EngineHard1,500—
—HLD-103Global Feature Flag & Dynamic Config ServiceEasy500—
—HLD-303Real-Time Ride-Hail Driver Location & DispatchHard1,500—
—HLD-401Low-Latency Equity Order Gateway & Risk Pre-CheckExpert2,000—
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