Design tiny url service which should be scalable up to 10m requests a year. Derive the algorithm such as every request that the system generates is unique and read operation should be very efficient for obvious reasons.

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Design a scalable tiny URL service with unique requests and efficient read operation.

Use a hashing algorithm to generate unique short URLs from long URLs
Store the mappings in a distributed key-value store like Redis or Cassandra
Use a load balancer to distribute requests across multiple servers
Implement caching to improve read performance
Consider using a CDN to serve frequently accessed URLs
Implement rate limiting and throttling to prevent abuse
Use HTTPS to ensure secure communication

Design tiny url service which should be scalable up to 10m requests a year. Derive the algorithm such as every request that the system generates is unique and read operation should be very efficient for obvious reasons.

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