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Gaurav Sen: System Design

One of the first channels to make system design interviews approachable, with whiteboard walkthroughs of scaling problems, sharding, consistent hashing and message queues. A good free starting point before committing money.

Format

Video

Topic

System Design

Provider

Gaurav Sen

Time needed

Ongoing

Level

Intermediate

Access

Free

What it is

Whiteboard style system design videos covering both the interview classics and the underlying concepts, delivered as a worked thought process rather than a polished presentation.

Why the format helps

You watch someone reason, including the moments where a first idea gets discarded. That is much closer to what a real design interview looks like than a finished diagram, and it teaches the recovery moves that matter when your first approach does not survive a follow up question.

Where it fits

Excellent as an entry point and as a supplement. It is a video library rather than a curriculum, so bring your own structure or use it alongside a sequenced course.

Best for: engineers new to system design who want to try the material before paying for it.

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