Without experience in the field, the other alternative are some educational resources to help you understand the typical discussions: https://blog.pragmaticengi

Without experience in the field, the other alternative are some educational resources to help you understand the typical discussions: https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/preparing-for-the-systems-design-and-coding-interviews/amp/ https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/preparing-for-the-systems... You could also look at projects where the scaling factor is something else other than users. For example, documents, files, databases, etc. The basic principles should remain the same.