Update to January updates

Author: vprusso

channel_updates/january_2019/january_2019_update.md

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+---
+title: "Channel Update (2019)"
+---
+Update video (attended pycon in Toronto, plans for channel, end-of-year setback, merch design contest, maillist, subscriber milestone, vision for channel for 2019etc.)
+
+# Thank you!
+
+- 7,000 subscriber milestone.
+
+. . .
+
+- A sincere and heartfelt thank you to my subscribers!
+
+. . .
+
+- Impact of personal messages, support, comments, etc. 
+
+# Brief Personal Update
+
+- Due to house fire, delay in creation of content.
+
+. . .
+
+- Getting back up to base level. Planning to continue focusing on making videos when possible.
+
+. . .
+
+- Attended first PyConCanada in Toronto in late 2018.
+![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/oigB7qw.png){height=100px width=100px }
+
+# Channel Plans for 2019
+
+- Overall goal: To provide content to inspire and excite on topics of programming and computer science.
+To provide direct value by helping you become a more well-equipped thinker and software engineer.
+
+. . .
+
+- Continuing to create content for core computer science topics (data structures, algorithms etc.)
+
+. . .
+
+- Branching out into other topics like system design, data science, machine learning, etc.
+
+. . .
+
+- Focus on viewer desired content.
+
+# LucidProgramming MailList
+
+- If you would enjoy getting an email from me periodically about how to best make use of the content
+on my channel and how to improve your own coding skills, consider joining this mailing list:
+
+. . . 
+
+- Purpose: To enhance the content on my channel and to provide extra goodies that I'm not able to
+provide via YouTube.
+
+. . .
+
+- To stay up-to-date on what I have planned and to provide direct input and feedback on what I
+will be covering. I read all of the emails I receive and do my best to respond to each one.
+
+. . .
+
+- To use as another tool in your toolbelt to improve your programming skills.
+ 
+. . .
+
+- To establish a more intimate connection with the viewers of my channel and with the servies
+I attempt to provide. To figure out how to serve the dedicated viewers in more optimized ways.
+
+# Viewers like You
+
+- As my content is made to help others, knowing what has the greatest impact to those who watch
+will directly guide my content creation to serve the most amount of people to the utmost of my ability.
+
+. . .
+
+- Contribute: If you feel like there is a lack of treatment on some topic, struggling through a subject
+in class, want to see a good use of a Python module or technique, etc. Let me know in the comments.
+
+. . .
+
+# Supporting the Channel
+
+- I do not intend to take handouts from viewers, but if there is a way to provide direct value in exchange
+for funds and if you've found value from the channel:
+
+. . .
+
+- Request a specific tutorial or topic to be covered via Patreon.
+
+. . .
+
+- Reach out for consulting work.
+
+. . .
+
+- LucidProgramming Swag.
+
+. . .
+
+- Share this content with someone you think would benefit from it.
+
+. . . 
+
+# Outro
+
+-A big thank you to all of my supporters, subscribers, and viewers!
+
+- Website: [https://vprusso.github.io/](https://vprusso.github.io/)
+- YouTube: [https://www.youtube.com/c/LucidProgramming](https://www.youtube.com/c/LucidProgramming)
+- Instagram: [https://www.instagram.com/lucidprogramming/](https://www.instagram.com/lucidprogramming/)
+

channel_updates/january_2019/january_2019_update.pdf

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 title: "System Design: Photo Sharing Application"
-author: LucidProgramming
 ---
 
 # Goals
 
 - Design a photo sharing web application. Similar to Instagram, Flickr, etc.
+. . .
 
 - Step through the high-level requirements for such an application.
+. . .
 
 - Cover techniques for building and scaling this service.
 
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 # Basic Functionality Requirements
 
 - Upload and download photos from service.
+. . .
 
 - Search for photos based on titles.
+. . .
 
 - Allow users to follow other users.
+. . .
 
 - Be able to display the feed of user as homepage.
 
 # Basic Service Requirements
 
 - Low latency for news feed generation.
+. . .
 
 - Reliably store photos.
+. . .
 
 - Allow users to upload as many photos as they wish.
 
 # Not Required
 - Other requirements could be asked by the interviewer, but for our
   application we will side-step these particularl attributes.
+. . .
 
     1. Commenting on photos. 
 
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 # Capacity Estimation
 
 - Capacity figures obtained from: Educative.
+. . .
 
     1.