Someone on Twitter asked what if Khairul Aming wanted to set up his own website for his sambal? For those who may not know, his product has gained fam

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2024-09-24 16:00:08

Someone on Twitter asked what if Khairul Aming wanted to set up his own website for his sambal? For those who may not know, his product has gained fame and typically sells out quickly once he opens orders. At present, he utilizes Shopee.

Disclaimer: I am not an SRE/DevOps professional, but rather someone eager to share insights that might broaden understanding of web scalability, drawn from my limited experiences. Therefore, there may be inaccuracies, though I hope none too significant.

Firstly, traffic won’t spike up on day one. Even if the founder is a marketing genius, he might prefer an established app over starting from scratch. However, if he’s starting anew, what’s the accepted baseline for stress tests?

Then, it circles back to the possibility of scaling what the owner currently has, which is most likely his own custom platform. That means legacy baggage.

A small tip for those interviewing: don’t simply throw tons of cloud jargon at your interviewer. First, ask about any constraints. Your system design answer will be more relatable.