Design Pastebin
What is Pastebin?
Pastebin is a web service that allows users to store and share plain text or code snippets over the internet through unique URLs.
The core idea is simple: a user pastes text content, the system generates a unique key, and anyone with that key can retrieve the original content.
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It serves as a quick way to share logs, code snippets, configuration files, or any text-based content without needing file attachments or direct messaging.
Popular Examples: pastebin.com, GitHub Gist, Hastebin
In this chapter, we will explore the high-level design of a Pastebin service.
This problem is serves as a great starting point to practice designing storage-heavy, read-optimized systems.
Let’s begin by clarifying the requirements.