Ace the System Design Interview — Uber/Lyft

Ace the System Design Interview — Uber/Lyft

1. Introduction

When it comes to getting about in cities, many people choose ride-sharing apps like Uber or Lyft. Indeed, such apps make short-range commute very easy by offering competitive pricing, reasonably short wait time, and high availability. From a technical point of view, systems like these are very interesting because nearest-neighbor searching is hard. In this article, I want to share my design of large-scale ride-sharing apps like Uber/Lyft.

Requirements

Modern ride-sharing …

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