Design Instagram — System Design Interview Practice
Design a photo-sharing social media platform like Instagram with feed, stories, and user interactions. Work through the requirements, architecture trade-offs, and an interactive design review.
Requirements and concepts to consider
- Upload and share photos/videosRequirement
- Follow/unfollow usersRequirement
- Like and comment on postsRequirement
- Generate personalized feedRequirement
- Stories feature (24-hour expiry)Requirement
- Search users and hashtagsRequirement
- Direct messagingRequirement
- Handle billions of photosRequirement
- social mediaConcept to explore
- photo sharingConcept to explore
- cdnConcept to explore
- feedsConcept to explore
- storageConcept to explore