Scaling APIs to Billions - Extreme-Scale Reliability

Learn how to architect and scale APIs to handle billions of requests through this 18-minute conference talk that presents a comprehensive four-layer scaling framework. Explore real-world case studies from Netflix, Uber, and RevenueCat to understand extreme-scale reliability challenges and solutions. Master edge layer strategies including request coalescing and traffic pattern optimization, while discovering advanced techniques for rate limiting and multi-region architecture design. Dive into sharding methodologies and service mesh implementations that enable massive scalability. Understand the critical role of observability and predictive autoscaling in maintaining system reliability at extreme scale. Examine future challenges in API scaling and gain practical insights for building resilient, high-performance systems capable of handling billions of API requests with consistent reliability.