The Question
DesignGlobal Scalable URL Shortener
Design a high-performance, globally distributed URL shortening service. The system must support millions of concurrent redirects per second, manage a dataset of billions of records with high availability, and ensure that short URL IDs are generated uniquely and efficiently across multiple geographic regions without central bottlenecks.
DynamoDB
Redis
Etcd
Base62
GeoDNS
Bloom Filter
Anycast
Kubernetes
March 25, 2026