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How to design a scalable web application

🌐 Start with a simple, scalable architecture: Stateful storage and stateless web layers form the core, mirroring structures behind major platforms like Netflix and Spotify.

🔍 Focus on scalability from the start: Avoid vertical scaling's limitations by planning for horizontal expansion, ensuring your application can grow to meet user demand.

🛠 Implement critical non-functional requirements early: Observability and Infrastructure as Code are essential for scaling and efficient management, providing insights and automation.

📈 Embrace horizontal scaling with load balancers: This approach enhances security, performance, and maintenance capabilities, which are crucial for handling increased traffic smoothly.

🏗 Consider monoliths before microservices: Starting simple allows for easier scaling and understanding, with microservices as a future growth strategy.

How to design a scalable web application

Episode #17: What are the best practices to keep in mind when designing your first web application so that you can later scale to millions of users?

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