14. Uber
Hard
Design a ride sharing service like Uber
- Functional Requirements
- Users should be able to request a ride based on current location and destination
- Drivers should be notified and given an option to accept a ride
- When a ride is confirmed, location should be shared between driver and passenger
- Nonfunctional Requirements
- Drivers are eligible for rides if they are within 10 miles of the passengers current location
- 99.99% availability
- Location sharing should be updated every 10 seconds
- Should function world-wide
- Assumptions
- Drivers set their own hours
- There is no limit on ride distance
- We do not need to worry about incidences or reviews
- Estimated Usage
- 300 thousand drivers and 700 thousand passengers are active each day
- 800 thousand rides per day
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