Building scalable systems requires a focus on observing and diagnosing actual bottlenecks rather than prematurely implementing complex distributed architectures. Many teams adopt microservices and other advanced patterns before facing real scaling issues, leading to unnecessary operational overhead. The key is to instrument existing systems to understand performance, identify root causes like inefficient queries or application behavior, and then deliberately distribute architecture only when necessary, as complexity can significantly increase outage risks. AI
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