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Mastering the Balancing Act: Scaling Infrastructure for Growth and Stability

Tue, 23 April

For rapidly growing companies, the technical infrastructure faces a unique set of challenges and opportunities. Key inflection points, such as the transition from monolithic architectures to microservices, or the scaling of databases and caching mechanisms, often come into play. This talk offers a deep dive into making re-architecture decisions that balance both growth and stability, drawing from a variety of case studies in the industry.

Key Takeaways:

  • Learn when to transition from a monolithic to a microservices architecture for optimum performance and scalability
  • Discover strategies for database scaling, caching, and network capacity management
  • Gain practical insights from industry case studies on how to balance rapid growth with technological stability

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About the speaker

Asha P Ashok

Engineering Manager, Meesho

Asha Ashok is an Engineering Manager at Meesho, based in Bangalore. She holds the distinction of being Meesho's first woman tech employee. With a background in Electrical Engineering from IIT (BHU), she began her career at Oracle before taking on a leadership role at Meesho. Asha specializes in Java and enterprise technologies like Docker and Kubernetes. She has been instrumental in scaling Meesho's payouts platform and leading various infrastructure migrations. Outside of work, Asha is passionate about gender equality in tech and enjoys participating in team activities like cricket and hackathons.