SYSTEM DESIGNDesign Google Docs (Real-Time Collaboration)GoogleNotionFigma
TRAFFIC LEVEL
—/3
CONSTRAINTS
Concurrent editors/docUp to 200
Active documents50M
Edit operations/sec500k (system-wide)
Sync latency< 100ms
History retentionFull edit history
Compute & Network
Load BalancerDistribute traffic
API GatewayEntry point / auth
API ServerBusiness logic
Worker NodeAsync processing
CDN EdgeGlobal cache
WebSocket GatewayPersistent connections
Data Stores
PostgreSQLRelational DB
MySQLRelational DB
CassandraWide-Column DB
DynamoDBNoSQL / Managed
S3 BucketObject storage
Queues & Cache
Redis CacheIn-memory store
KafkaEvent stream
ZookeeperCoordination
Specialized
Bloom FilterProbabilistic set
Rate LimiterThrottling
Geohash ServiceGeospatial index
Trie ServerPrefix search
APNS / FCMPush notifications
AggregatorBatch / roll-up
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Design a real-time collaborative document editor like Google Docs. Multiple users can edit the same document simultaneously. Changes from one user must appear on other users' screens in < 100ms, and the document must remain consistent even with concurrent edits.

📥 Assigned to:You — Senior Engineer
SCALE LEVELS
1
1,000 RPS
Target: <100ms
2
10,000 RPS
Target: <100ms
3
100,000 RPS
Target: <50ms
GLOBAL SUCCESS RATE
100.0%
P99 LATENCY
45ms
Target: < 200ms
TOTAL RPS INGESTED0 / 11,000
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