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Scaling and Performance Engineering
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Q1Easyscalingbackendperformance-engineering
What is scaling in backend systems?
Q2Easyvertical-scalinginfrastructurebackend
What is vertical scaling?
Q3Easyhorizontal-scalingdistributed-systemsbackend
What is horizontal scaling?
Q4Mediumload-balancingnetworkingbackend-performance
What is load balancing?
Q5Mediumcachingbackend-performancesystem-design
Why is caching important for backend performance?
Q6Mediumlatencybackend-performancenetworking
What is latency in backend systems?
Q7Harddatabase-scalingshardingdistributed-systems
What is database sharding?
Q8Hardcdnperformance-engineeringweb-infrastructure
What is a CDN and how does it improve performance?
Q9Hardthroughputbackend-performancesystem-design
What is throughput in backend systems?
Q10Hardbottlenecksperformance-engineeringbackend-optimization
What is a bottleneck in backend performance engineering?