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Scalability

Building systems that scale

9 posts

Engineering

Cortex Stress Test: 50 Parallel Tasks - Performance Analysis

Stress-testing the Redis queue system with 50 parallel tasks across 4 priority queues - exceptional performance with sub-second latency, perfect priority ordering, and 100% success rate

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From 80% Memory Panic to Optimized Excellence: Our K3s Cluster Transformation

A deep dive into diagnosing, optimizing, and future-proofing a production Kubernetes cluster - how we transformed perceived chaos into optimized excellence

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Running 20 Workers in Parallel: How Cortex Achieves Massive Concurrency

Discover how Cortex's worker pool architecture enables 20 parallel AI agents, achieving 10x throughput improvements through MoE-inspired sparse activation.

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Load Balancing Techniques for High Availability

Deep dive into load balancing strategies, algorithms, and real-world patterns for building highly available distributed systems.

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Perfect 100s: How We Achieved Top Lighthouse Scores Across All Categories

A deep dive into achieving perfect 100 scores in Performance, Accessibility, Best Practices, and SEO on Google Lighthouse - and the techniques that got us there.

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Zero Daemons: How Event-Driven Architecture Cut Our CPU Usage by 93%

Replacing 18 background daemons with event-driven architecture and AI-powered notebooks. 93% CPU reduction, 60x faster response times, zero processes running.

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Building a Parallel CVE Scanning System in 45 Minutes

How we built enterprise-grade CVE scanning with parallel AI agents, achieving 100% portfolio health across 1,349 dependencies in 45 minutes vs. 40+ hours estimated.

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Horizontal vs Vertical Scaling: Choosing the Right Strategy

A practical guide to scaling strategies, exploring when to scale up versus scale out, with real-world examples and cost analysis.

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Database Sharding Strategies for Scale: From Theory to Production

A comprehensive guide to database sharding - when you need it, how to implement it, and what strategies work best. Learn horizontal partitioning techniques that enable applications to scale beyond single database limits.