Shopee Traffic Shield: Kafka Peak Shaving & Breakers in Go
Answer-First: Shopee utilizes Apache Kafka queues for asynchronous peak shaving during 11.11 mega-campaigns. Decoupling order creation from database persistence guarantees sub-second API responses while downstream workers process orders at a controlled rate, protected by Sentinel adaptive load shedding and priority request classification. Chapter 3: Peak Shaving - The Power of Apache Kafka and Graceful Degradation ← Series hub | ← Prev | Next → Prerequisite: Read the previous article: Chapter 2: Flash Sale Engine - Solving Overselling and Hot Keys. ...