Scaling your web application is causing disruptions. How can you ensure client expectations are still met?

Be informed about platform capability & limitations, below helps to manage expectations - - Invest in high-availability architecture and implement capabilities like redundancy, failover, load balancers and geo-replica - Leverage auto-scaling with safety nets like rate limits and circuit breakers to avoid sudden spikes & support smoother scaling - Implement progressive scaling like gradual and incremental approaches, starting by scaling individual components before application. Easy to identify & resolve bottlenecks -Keep clients informed about the scaling process, potential risks and expected outcomes -<my favourite topic>Implement comprehensive observability solutions to address disruptions swiftly & minimize the impact of unknown-unknown

Making clear prototype screens are very essential part for each and every step to change or expand and confirmed by client or stakeholders holders Detailed QA of all the test cases make the deployment error free and help expansion with client satisfaction

To meet the client expectations along with relevant scaling, do check the following. 1. Do not make changes at once: This way troubleshooting is easy. 2. Use caching : Use it whenever and wherever it makes sense. Checkout Redis. 3. Have a really really good Documentation : This is necessary for obvious reasons. 4. Decide the right database: It may be RDMS or NoSQL. 5. Write tests: Use the right testing frameworks to test them. This is very important. The reason being when your system scales there are good chances that things that were supposed to work may start to fail and it might be hard to figure out as to where the system fails. So always design your system by writing tests.

Before scaling, set up a replicated environment that mirrors production. Simulate workloads to test the system under various conditions, including peak traffic. Monitor for any bottlenecks or performance issues, and resolve them in the replicated setup. Use the findings to adjust your scaling strategy, ensuring a smoother transition when scaling in the live environment. This proactive step helps prevent disruptions and maintains client satisfaction during the scaling process.