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Backend Engineer Interview Crash Course
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Module 3
Service Resilience and Fault Tolerance
1
Rate Limiting: Token Bucket vs. Leaky Bucket
Design a rate-limiting system by comparing token bucket vs. leaky bucket algorithms for protecting services from overload.
2
Implementing Robust Retries: Exponential Backoff & Jitter
Implement a retry strategy with exponential backoff and jitter, explaining how it handles transient failures without causing a thundering herd.
3
Circuit Breaker Pattern: Preventing Cascading Failures
Describe the circuit breaker pattern and its states (closed, open, half-open) as a mechanism to prevent cascading failures.
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