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Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@arslana4** · 3 upvotes > Thanks for sharing. > > If you are preparing for System Design Interview, I would also recommend the following guide: https://designgurus.org/blog/complete-guide-sys-design **@chimex11** · 0 upvotes > Thank you very much for sharing this was really helpful. **@ehattori89** · 0 upvotes > The best way is every time to start small and still grow the design, every time ask by new constraints, remember in the SD don't exist a right answer ## 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: [#database](https://daily.dev/tags/database), [#interview](https://daily.dev/tags/interview), [#interview-questions](https://daily.dev/tags/interview-questions), [#system-design-interview](https://daily.dev/tags/system-design-interview) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/top-30-system-design-interview-questions-and-problems-for-programmers-and-software-engineers-icp3v7z0p) ```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":"Top 30 System Design Interview Questions and Problems for Programmers and Software Engineers","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/top-30-system-design-interview-questions-and-problems-for-programmers-and-software-engineers-icp3v7z0p","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/top-30-system-design-interview-questions-and-problems-for-programmers-and-software-engineers-icp3v7z0p"},"datePublished":"2022-09-10T09:09:44.769Z","dateModified":"2023-03-21T02:13:19.187Z","description":"System design is a process of defining the elements of a system such as the modules, components, various interfaces and architecture. 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