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# Yash Khetan

@Yash-Khetan · Joined June 2025

Journaling My Dev Life — Focus, Fails, and Fixes.

### [System Design 101: What Problem Does a Load Balancer Actually Solve?](https://systemdesign101.hashnode.dev/system-design-101-what-problem-does-a-load-balancer-actually-solve?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

In the previous article, I tried designing a URL shortener. I started with something ridiculously simple: Client → Server → Database And then, as soon as I started thinking about scale, the architect

9 min read · [systemdesign101.hashnode.dev](https://systemdesign101.hashnode.dev/system-design-101-what-problem-does-a-load-balancer-actually-solve?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

[Aug 17](https://hashnode.com/posts/system-design-101-what-problem-does-a-load-balancer-actually-solve/6a834cec6c04b459fa11b9a1)

### [System Design 101: How Would You Build a URL Shortener?](https://systemdesign101.hashnode.dev/system-design-101-how-would-you-build-a-url-shortener?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

I've always found system design a little weird. You start with a seemingly simple problem, and five minutes later you're talking about load balancers, database replicas, caching, sharding and distribu

10 min read · [systemdesign101.hashnode.dev](https://systemdesign101.hashnode.dev/system-design-101-how-would-you-build-a-url-shortener?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

[Aug 16](https://hashnode.com/posts/system-design-101-how-would-you-build-a-url-shortener/6a81f4efb78e2eeed23f4c4e)