The Question
Design
Meta News Feed Design
Design a scalable social media news feed system similar to Facebook or Instagram. The system must support posting various media types, following other users, and viewing a personalized, ranked feed in real-time. Ensure the architecture can handle high read volume and the 'celebrity' fan-out problem while maintaining low latency.
Redis
Kafka
Cassandra
PostgreSQL
Hybrid Fan-out
February 23, 2026