15 of the most common tradeoffs in System Design
1. 𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐯𝐬. 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞: Grow the system to handle more work vs. execute tasks faster. 2. 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐯𝐬. 𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠: Scale up with more powerful hardware vs. scale out by adding more servers. 3. 𝐋𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐯𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐩𝐮𝐭: Prioritize fast responses…
