How To Design For High-Traffic Events And Prevent Your Website From Crashing

Product drops and sales are a great way to increase revenue, but these events can result in traffic spikes that affect a site’s availability and performance. To prevent website crashes, you’ll have to make sure that the sites you design can handle large numbers of server requests at once. Let’s discuss how! https://smashingmagazine.com/2025/01/designing-high-traffic-events-cloudways/

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