Posts about scaling
System breakdown: how a flash sale doesn't melt the database
At 6 pm, 500 bags of rice go on sale at half price and thousands of people press Buy in the same few seconds. Here is how the system sells exactly 500, stays up for everyone else, and says no fast.
Find your system's limit before your users do
A design that works at today's traffic tells you little about next month's. In 15 minutes in the System Design Studio, you can find where a design breaks, what breaks first, and what one more user costs.