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Parallel Programming and Scaling

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Tell me about a real-life software engineering scenario involving parallel programming, scaling, and caching.

Describe a concrete system you worked on, including the workload, why parallelism was needed, how the system scaled, and where caching fit into the design. Explain the tradeoffs, bottlenecks, correctness concerns, and how you measured success. Be prepared to discuss what failed, how you diagnosed it, and what you would change in a redesign.