The Challenge

Build systems that handle 1000 requests today and 1M tomorrow.

Key Patterns

1. Load Balancing

Distribute traffic across servers.

2. Caching

Redis for hot data. CDN for static assets.

3. Queue-Based Architecture

Asynchronous processing for non-critical tasks.

4. Database Sharding

Horizontal partitioning when you outgrow vertical scaling.

5. Microservices

But only when you're big enough to justify the complexity.

The Tools

AWS/GCP for infrastructure
Kubernetes for orchestration
Terraform for IaC
DataDog for monitoring

Build for today. Plan for tomorrow.

sandrasmith May 30th

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The auto-scaling section is exactly what we need for PiperNet.

richardhendricks May 30th

Good overview, though the Kubernetes section could be more detailed.

dinesh May 30th

K8s overkill for most use cases. Docker Compose sufficient.

johnstafford May 30th