Why Load Balancing at Scale Is Hard

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miggy · 1h ago

Thanks for sharing this! I’m the author of the blog post.

Happy to answer any questions about the scenarios in the article or dive deeper into specifics like slow start tuning, consistent hashing trade-offs, or how different proxy architectures handle dynamic backends.

Always curious to hear how others have tackled these issues in production.

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Why Load Balancing at Scale Is Hard

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