--- title: EP150: 12 Algorithms for System Design Interviews description: Learn about 12 key algorithms used in system design interviews, including Bloom Filter, Geohash, and Consistent Hashing. Understand the workings of Kubernetes,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/ep150-12-algorithms-for-system-design-interviews-dcfeig5os twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: EP150: 12 Algorithms for System Design Interviews | daily.dev og:description: Learn about 12 key algorithms used in system design interviews, including Bloom Filter, Geohash, and Consistent Hashing. Understand the workings of Kubernetes,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/ep150-12-algorithms-for-system-design-interviews-dcfeig5os og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/dCFEiG5OS.png og:image:alt: EP150: 12 Algorithms for System Design Interviews og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # EP150: 12 Algorithms for System Design Interviews **[ByteByteGo](https://daily.dev/sources/bytebytego)** · 5 min read · 1044 upvotes · 11 comments ## Summary Learn about 12 key algorithms used in system design interviews, including Bloom Filter, Geohash, and Consistent Hashing. Understand the workings of Kubernetes, an open-source container orchestration platform, and explore the architecture of PostgreSQL, the popular database system. Additionally, discover important tips for API security. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@mcshaman** · 6 upvotes > This is an article? More like a gif with a label. **@luigirocha** · 5 upvotes > Very simplified article, but as a beginner I was hoping for more explanation of the concepts. **@mastermentee** · 3 upvotes > Another nice article **@daniel8000** · 2 upvotes > Niiiiceeee.. **@sugarpowed** · 1 upvotes > this one was real nice! :) ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#devops](https://daily.dev/tags/devops), [#career](https://daily.dev/tags/career), [#kubernetes](https://daily.dev/tags/kubernetes), [#postgresql](https://daily.dev/tags/postgresql), [#web-security](https://daily.dev/tags/web-security) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/ep150-12-algorithms-for-system-design-interviews-dcfeig5os) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"EP150: 12 Algorithms for System Design Interviews","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/ep150-12-algorithms-for-system-design-interviews-dcfeig5os","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/ep150-12-algorithms-for-system-design-interviews-dcfeig5os"},"datePublished":"2025-02-15T16:37:27.483Z","dateModified":"2025-02-15T16:37:42.597Z","description":"Learn about 12 key algorithms used in system design interviews, including Bloom Filter, Geohash, and Consistent Hashing. 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More like a gif with a label.","datePublished":"2025-03-14T20:23:57.202Z","dateModified":"2025-03-17T20:23:35.112Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/dCFEiG5OS#c-D7mvTEzIo","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"McShaman","url":"https://daily.dev/mcshaman","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--O0TOmw4y--/f_auto/v1715772965/public/noProfile"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":6}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Very simplified article, but as a beginner I was hoping for more explanation of the concepts.","datePublished":"2025-03-13T19:22:24.813Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/dCFEiG5OS#c-oCvxeTRs3","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Luigi Rocha","url":"https://daily.dev/luigirocha","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/187066218?v=4"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":5}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Another nice article","datePublished":"2025-03-07T04:38:54.400Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/dCFEiG5OS#c-dO5zKr1cJ","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Master Mentee","url":"https://daily.dev/mastermentee","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--E3dQ-xOy--/f_auto/v1736031477/avatars/avatar_n2NyYqZ2OZclUE3UPJAVr"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":3}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Niiiiceeee…","datePublished":"2025-03-08T09:34:47.229Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/dCFEiG5OS#c-hkji9HiFe","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Daniel","url":"https://daily.dev/daniel8000","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--F_RltCZK--/f_auto/v1738746891/avatars/avatar_SOwG1kJqf6HK6TkGmZH45"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":2}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"this one was real nice! :)","datePublished":"2025-03-26T20:39:25.190Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/dCFEiG5OS#c-Wy0sK1Bhb","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Michal Šubert","url":"https://daily.dev/sugarpowed","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/57940998?v=4"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}}]} ```