Scalable System Design

Scalable system design patterns, distributed systems, architecture trade-offs, and real-world design decisions for high-performance applications.

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Scalable System Design Articles

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Scalable System Design#rate-limiting#redis

How to Design a Rate Limiter That Actually Works at Scale

Rate limiting looks simple - until you deploy it across multiple servers and it starts failing silently. This article covers what breaks in production and how to fix it.

Raunak Gupta·Mar 22·28 min

Scalable System Design#caching#redis

Caching Strategies That Work (And When They Fail)

Caching improves performance - until it starts serving stale data or becomes your biggest bottleneck. This article covers the real decisions you'll face in production.

Raunak Gupta·Mar 22·32 min

Scalable System Design#aws#kafka

SQS vs Kafka: When to Use What in Real Systems

Both SQS and Kafka solve similar problems - until your system scales and the differences start to hurt. This article covers when each one breaks and how to make the right call.

Raunak Gupta·Mar 22·35 min