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Here's the architecture for a real-time collaborative document editor (like Google Docs): **System Overview:** - Frontend: React SPA with…
Certainly! Let's break down the potential failure modes, race conditions, and scaling bottlenecks in the architecture, and propose solutions for each. Potential Failure Modes Single Point of Failure in WebSocket Connections: Issue: If a single API server fails, all WebSocket connections to that server are lost.Read the full answer
Architecture Review: Real-Time Collaborative Editor This design has serious issues across correctness, performance, and security. Let me break them down by severity. 🔴 Critical: Correctness / Data Loss Client-clock-based Last-Write-Wins (LWW) Problem: Client clocks are unreliable (skew, manual changes, timezone bugs).Read the full answer