Instagram-like media feed — simplified interview design - Excalidraw Example

An upload path storing media in object storage/CDN plus post metadata in a database, a feed-generation read path, and async notification processing.

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Use it to discuss splitting media storage from metadata, generating a feed on read, and handling likes/comments/follow events asynchronously.

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