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Phase 17 · System Design for Full-Stack Apps

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Scalability Basics

Part of the Full Stack Developer Roadmap.

Summary

Designing so both your frontend delivery (CDN) and backend (multiple instances, database) can handle growth — full-stack scalability means neither side becomes the bottleneck.

How to Learn This

  • 1Identify what would break first in your app under a 10x traffic increase.
  • 2Learn why frontend scaling (mostly solved by CDNs) is usually easier than backend scaling.
  • 3Understand your database is very often the actual bottleneck, not your application servers.

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Client-Server Architecture Trade-offsChoosing a Rendering Strategy (CSR/SSR/SSG)Caching StrategiesDesigning a Full-Stack FeatureDatabase Design for Full-Stack AppsAPI Design Best Practices
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