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Here's the architecture for a real-time collaborative document editor (like Google Docs): **System Overview:** - Frontend: React SPA with…
Critical Issues Analysis 🔴 CRITICAL: Data Loss & Consistency Issues Client Clock-Based Timestamps (SEVERE) Problem: Client clocks can be wrong, manipulated, or skewed User with clock set to future will always "win" conflicts No guaranteed ordering of operations Failure Scenarios: Solutions: Approach Pros Cons…Read the full answer
We need to list potential failure modes, race conditions, scaling bottlenecks, and propose specific solutions with trade-offs. Must be thorough. Consider WebSocket, load balancer, statelessness, DB writes, replication, polling, timestamp reliance, concurrency, partition tolerance, network partitions, server crashes…Read the full answer