Key Learnings from Building a Distributed Cache Platform at Spotify
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Explore key insights from Spotify's journey in developing a cloud-based distributed cache service with sharding and replication on Kubernetes. This 15-minute conference talk, presented by Javier Arias, Sr. Software Engineer at Spotify, delves into the challenges and successes of creating a platform that now handles millions of requests per second for numerous microservices. Discover how the project aimed to reduce costs and enhance developer experience and productivity. Learn about the custom Java library built on top of the open-source spotify/folsom Java memcached client, and gain valuable knowledge about cloud-distributed systems at scale. Uncover surprising lessons and potential pitfalls encountered during the development process, providing insights for those working on similar large-scale distributed systems.
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Key learnings from building a distributed cache platform at Spotify | PlatformCon 2023
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