The Game of Thrones finale crashed. The show got so popular that HBO Go couldn’t keep up. If you’re visiting this page then you probably have some experience with the kind of pressure that popular content can put on a system.

In gaming, retail, and streaming there is constant hope (and fear) that a game, a product, or a show will go viral. In this webinar we’ll take a look at the architectural vulnerabilities exposed by hot content. And we’ll discuss decisions you can make to alleviate that pressure.

We’ll ask and answer questions like the following:

• How does your system handle the challenge of spiky volume?
• How does your system handle complex metadata at scale?
• What does an efficient caching system look like? 

In this session our host, Domenic Ravita, will be joined by Gary Lau, a software engineer who spent the last decade in media companies (Nintendo, Disney, Hulu), where he worked extensively with the movement and analysis of large data sets - specializing in the development of backend services that leverage the data. 

Please bring questions or examples of how hot content has put pressure on your platform. It’s going to be a free flowing conversation and your personal observations are appreciated.