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Sports Tech for 200M+ Distributed Systems, React Native | Amit Sharma, CTO Dream11 | SCALER POD 20

Scaler Pod - The Software Engineer's Podcast

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Managing Team Formation Challenges in Fantasy Sports Platforms

This chapter explores the difficulties faced in assembling teams for sports events, referencing a pre-2018 IPL case study. It delves into the time constraints of team creation deadlines, high transaction rates before matches, and the concept of allowing last-minute contest entries with updated team data. The narrative underscores the tech team's struggle in handling a large influx of users during events like the IPL, detailing the evolution of solutions, including scaling transaction speeds and managing peak traffic with a distributed system.

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