Netflix gave up on strict data consistency and guarantees to horizontally scale their API Gateways ⚡
The details covered in the blog are not just specific to Netflix, but they can help you take a similar trade-off in any system that relies on a single leader acting as a source of truth.
Give this blog a read to understand how trade-offs are considered, and evaluated while designing real-world systems.
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