Design a System for Top Popular Files in Figma
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Problem
Design a system that surfaces the top / most popular files in Figma.
Discussion points
- Defining "popular" (views, edits, recency-weighted)
- Counting at scale (streaming/aggregation vs batch)
- Storage and ranking; freshness vs cost tradeoffs
- Caching the leaderboard and serving reads
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