When traffic spikes, apps can fail. Are you ready? Architect your apps for scale, uptime, and the unexpected.

In this practical guide written by a distributed systems expert, learn how to build apps that scale to handle unpredictable traffic with zero downtime for customers.
In this book excerpt you will learn:

• How scaling affects the availability of your services
• Principles of service-based application architecture and their role in reducing service failures and brownouts
• Common design patterns for managing data in distributed applications
• How to understand, measure, and mitigate risk in your systems
• When and how to move to cloud infrastructure

The second edition of Architecting for Scale provides a pragmatic approach for building systems that can handle huge amounts of traffic, data, and demand. It includes a focus on modern architecture paradigms including microservices, service-based applications, and practical guidance for evaluating and moving towards cloud-based infrastructure