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Design Instagram / Twitter (News Feed & Reels)

A creator with two crore followers posts a Reel at 9 PM on a Sunday, and ten crore phones expect it to show up in a second. Building a hybrid push-pull feed engine with direct media uploads, asynchronous transcoding, and strict privacy filters.

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On this page
  1. The 9:00 PM Sunday Reel drop
  2. 🟢 Layer 1: Core Mechanics & The Fanout Dilemma
  3. 🟡 Layer 2: Read Pipeline, Media Transcoding & Sizing
  4. 🔴 Layer 3: Architect's Corner