“If you want to know how to scale your website to thousands or millions of users, there are some simple lessons you must learn…from the movies! Here are but a few examples:<\/p>\n
Star Wars: it’s great to use a reverse proxy (deflector shield) but make sure it doesn’t have an obvious flaw (like, say a poorly guarded generator on a nearby moon.) We’ll go over the benefits and tricks of “deflector shields” on the web.<\/p>\n
Lord of the Rings, Return of the King: don’t just guard the front end (of Mordor, or your website) and let the trouble slip in from the back (through non-performant queries or perhaps a sneaky Hobbit.) Fixing query problems is hard but important work. Luckily there are many tools and techniques that can help.<\/p>\n
The Matrix: Agent Smith demonstrates the power of horizontal scaling. So should your website. What are some guidelines for writing code that can run in a multi-server environment?<\/p>\n
…and that’s just a preview!<\/p>\n
Throughout, we’ll use examples from WordPress and film. In the process we’ll take a tour of the expanding universe of amazing tools you can use to scale your site. Everyone should care about scaling — and it shouldn’t be boring dammit!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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