Backend from first principles - 21.2. Backend Scaling and Performance Engineering: Part-2

The Part-2 of a comprehensive guide to scaling and performance for backend engineers. Serverless deepdive playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29TkFzTkLTo&list=PLui3EUkuMTPhaIuvP3oupVKewA5FMMAFB&pp=gAQB We cover: - Statelessness & Horizontal Scaling - Load Balancers & Algorithms - Database Scaling (Read Replicas, Sharding) - CDNs & Edge Computing - Asynchronous Processing - Microservices vs Monolith - Serverless Computing Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction & Recap 0:43 Statelessness: The Key to Horizontal Scaling 9:11 Load Balancers & Algorithms 27:47 Database Scaling (Read Replicas & Sharding) 51:22 Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) 1:05:03 Edge Computing 1:13:25 Asynchronous Processing & Background Jobs 1:30:43 Microservices vs Monolith 1:44:09 Serverless Computing 2:10:47 Key Takeaways & Mental Models Join the Discord community: https://discord.gg/NXuybNcvVH #backend #nodejs #golang #softwareengineering Nerd out about the history of technologies here https://www.fascinatingtechhistory.xyz/