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W6D1

Today's Learning Goals:

• What are the steps to detecting a cycle in a graph?
• What is currying?
• What extra features do you get when using lodash.curry?
• Why might you use currying?
• What is the rationale for writing services?
• What are the 9 areas of inquiry that you you should define froma high level before diving into implementation?
• compare ACID vs. BASE
• What is consistent hashing?
• What is optimistic vs. pessimistic locking?
• What is strong vs. eventual consistency?
• Compare and contrast SQL vs. NoSQL vis a vis the above
• Why is caching important in system design?

Study

Algos

• Detect Cycle in Graph

Web

• Intro to System Design
• We'll be spending today and tomorrow on the above video. Try to make it through half.

JavaScript

• Advanced Currying
• Read the 'Advanced Currying Implementation'

Misc

• Does my app need Rails Services

Make Flashcards

Practice

• Review Anki.

Code

Network and Apply

• Reach out to 2 people
• Apply to 5 jobs