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Why Apps Need Distributed Systems After 100K Monthly Users
When an app surpasses 100,000 monthly active users, a single-server architecture becomes unreliable. Distributed systems split workloads across independent services, enabling horizontal scaling and fault tolerance. This approach allows teams to deploy and scale services independently without affecting the whole application.
Meridian48 take
The article oversimplifies distributed systems as a magic bullet, but the operational complexity and cost of managing multiple services can outweigh benefits for many teams.
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