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System Design interview questions
Caching, scaling, databases and classic design problems for beginners.
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- How does a CDN work and what does it improve?
A CDN keeps copies of your content on servers near users around the world. A user is routed to the closest edge, which serves cached content quickly and only contacts your origin server on a miss.
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