I’m often asked how we write scalable web applications. I’ve boiled down the long list of factors we consider to the following four key features. It isn’t an exhaustive list, but any web app missing any of these is at best an unknown, and at worst heading for trouble! #1 Multitiered Application Architecture Writing your… [Continued]
High Jump In scalable systems development it’s all too easy to focus on the highs. The plaudits are there for people who can claim ‘My system can scale to 200 thousand bazillion customers! Simultaneously!’. Yet not all businesses function like Facebook, Amazon or Twitter. Regular businesses suffer peaks and troughs of activity. Limbo Efficient handling… [Continued]