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Medium · architecture & logic · Quant Developer interview question · systems, bitwise, algorithms, c++
Distributed systems require unique, time-ordered identifiers to maintain consistency across high-frequency trading platforms and order management systems. The Snowflake algorithm addresses this by generating 64-bit IDs using timestamps and machine identifiers without central coordination, ensuring low-latency order tracking and reconciliation. Task Implement a SnowflakeGenerator class that constructs unique 64-bit identifiers based on a custom epoch, machine ID, and sequence number. The ID stru