Bartłomiej Górny breaks down how to keep real-time platforms running during sudden spikes in demand. He explains that failures usually come from poor architecture and overload, not a lack of technology. 

The webinar highlights key approaches like breaking systems into smaller services, scaling the right parts, and monitoring everything closely. His main takeaway is simple: strong design, good operations, and proper load testing are what keep systems online when traffic surges.

PlanetErlang offers insights into Erlang programming language, OTP framework, and distributed systems, providing tutorials, articles, and case studies for building fault-tolerant and scalable applications. By exploring PlanetErlang's curated content, developers can learn about Erlang's lightweight processes, message passing semantics, and supervision trees for building highly available and resilient distributed systems. Whether you're developing telecom infrastructure, real-time messaging platforms, or IoT solutions, PlanetErlang offers resources to tackle the challenges of building concurrent and fault-tolerant systems.

Planet Erlang

A senior Erlang/Elixir developer shares practical insights on keeping real-time messaging platforms operational during peak demand. Key topics include why services fail under load (cascading failures, memory exhaustion, OS-level limits), architectural strategies like decoupling monoliths into services and horizontal/vertical scaling, back pressure mechanisms to prevent cascading overload, operational practices such as dense metrics monitoring and DevOps alerting, and the critical importance of load testing despite its cost and complexity. Real-world examples from betting platforms and dating apps illustrate the stakes involved.

Keeping Real-Time Communication Platforms Online During Peak Demand- Bartlomiej Gorny