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Glossary: System Design Basics

Fan-out on write / read

Also written: fan-out on write, fan-out on read

Two ways to build feeds: on write, a new post is copied into every follower's feed list (slow post, fast read); on read, posts are stored once and gathered when a customer opens the app (cheap post, costly read).

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