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Writing highly scalable backends in UDP. The solution
Last week I shared a test I used when interviewing backend programmers at Network Next. This week I share the solution.
- mannyv 3y agoThis is why I said to stuff the UDP requests into SQS and have the backend read off the queue. If the requirements are impossible, change the requirements.
- gafferongames 3y agoBingo
- gafferongames 3y agoBut how much would it cost each month to implement your solution at a steady load of 1M clients?
- remram 3y agoThe mere mention (as a joke?) that it'd be impossible, or something close to impossible, is silly given that DNS servers exist.
- gafferongames 3y agoGo ahead. Implement it and scale to 1M clients. Post your code here when you're done