System Design - security
#01 Security

Build an API Key Management System Premium

Design an API key platform that issues scoped keys with per-key rate limits, propagates revocations to all gateway nodes within 1 second, and provides usage analytics per key without adding latency to the hot path.

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#02 Security

Build a Bot Detection System Using Behavioral Signals Premium

Design a bot detection system that distinguishes human users from automated bots using behavioral and network signals, works without user-visible challenges, and updates its models as bots adapt their behavior.

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#03 Security

Build a Certificate Authority and Automated TLS Cert Rotation Premium

Design an internal PKI system that issues TLS certificates to 10,000 services, automates renewal before expiry, and distributes updated certs without requiring service restarts.

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#04 Security

Build a Content Moderation Pipeline Premium

Design a content moderation system that uses ML classifiers to automatically detect policy violations in text, images, and video, routes borderline cases to human reviewers, and minimizes both over-removal and under-removal.

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#05 Security

Build a Distributed Code Execution Runtime Free

Design a secure, sandboxed code execution engine that compiles and runs untrusted user code in multiple languages, returns output within seconds, and scales to thousands of concurrent submissions.

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#06 Security

Build a DRM Token Vending System for Premium Video Premium

Design a digital rights management system that issues short-lived playback licenses to authenticated subscribers, prevents license sharing across accounts, and revokes access instantly when a subscription lapses.

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#07 Security

Build JWT Auth System at Production Scale Premium

A production-grade deep dive into designing a complete JWT authentication system: architecture, login flow, request verification, token rotation, key management, and security hardening.

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#08 Security

Build an OAuth 2.0 Authorization Server Premium

Design an OAuth 2.0 authorization server that supports PKCE for public clients, implements refresh token rotation to detect theft, and provides a token revocation endpoint that propagates across all resource servers within seconds.

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#09 Security

Build a Secrets Management Vault Premium

Design a secrets store that encrypts credentials at rest and in transit, supports auto-rotation of API keys and DB passwords, and provides a full audit trail of every secret access.

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