Debug This Architecture
Here's the architecture for a real-time collaborative document editor (like Google Docs): **System Overview:** - Frontend: React SPA with…
The central flaw is that the system treats collaborative edits as independent writes to a document. They are not: edits need a shared ordering and a merge protocol. Adding API servers or read replicas will not fix that. Issue and failure mode Specific solution Trade-off Client-clock last-write-wins loses work.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