--- title: "#backpressure articles | Hashnode" description: "Explore 22 articles tagged #backpressure on Hashnode. Tutorials, guides, and how-tos from the community." url: "https://hashnode.com/tag/backpressure" --- Tag # #backpressure 22 posts · 0 followers [Damilola Ogungbesan](https://hashnode.com/@dami-pp) · [Sep 9](https://hashnode.com/posts/web-scraping-at-scale-concurrency-rate-limits-and-backpressure/6aa104563fc7e2bc9296b527) ### [Web Scraping at Scale: Concurrency, Rate Limits, and Backpressure](https://blog.raspbytes.com/web-scraping-at-scale-concurrency-rate-limits-and-backpressure?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) Why scaling web scraping is less about sending more requests and more about controlling how traffic moves through the system. 14 min read · [blog.raspbytes.com](https://blog.raspbytes.com/web-scraping-at-scale-concurrency-rate-limits-and-backpressure?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [abhishek pareek](https://hashnode.com/@abhishek-pareek) · [Aug 31](https://hashnode.com/posts/when-load-shedding-looks-like-failure/6a9737e01c86a9c4692d17d6) ### [When Load Shedding Looks Like Failure](https://abhishekpareek.dev/when-load-shedding-looks-like-failure?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) When Resilience Mechanisms Fight Each Other 2 min read · [abhishekpareek.dev](https://abhishekpareek.dev/when-load-shedding-looks-like-failure?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Devesh Parmar](https://hashnode.com/@deveshparmar) · [Aug 23](https://hashnode.com/posts/how-backpressure-prevents-systems-from-collapsing/6a8a89c6d85577c63a87e400) ### [How Backpressure Prevents Systems from Collapsing](https://backend-bytes.hashnode.dev/how-backpressure-prevents-systems-from-collapsing?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) Imagine you're the engineer on call at Uber during a Friday night surge. Thousands of drivers are pinging their location every few seconds, and your location ingestion service is the front door for al 5 min read · [backend-bytes.hashnode.dev](https://backend-bytes.hashnode.dev/how-backpressure-prevents-systems-from-collapsing?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Ashmit JaiSarita Gupta](https://hashnode.com/@ashmitjsg) · [Aug 1](https://hashnode.com/posts/log0-accept-fast-never-block-ingestion-gateway/6a88fd52fc70bf935c666e83) ### [Accept fast, never block: the one decision that keeps ingestion alive](https://engineeringwithashmit.hashnode.dev/log0-accept-fast-never-block-ingestion-gateway?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) A logging endpoint has one job it can never fail at: being available to accept logs. log0's ingestion gateway returns 202 Accepted the instant the event is handed to a Kafka producer future-before the broker acks-and never waits for clustering, a database write, or Slack. 10 min read · [engineeringwithashmit.hashnode.dev](https://engineeringwithashmit.hashnode.dev/log0-accept-fast-never-block-ingestion-gateway?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Om Pednekar](https://hashnode.com/@pednekarom) · [Jun 26](https://hashnode.com/posts/stt/6a3ec2af28ab3f2f19fc1afa) ### [Scaling Stateful Microservices: Multithreading & Latency in Concurrent Distributed Systems](https://ompednekar.hashnode.dev/stt?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) How to Engineer a Real-Time STT Pipeline 11 min read · [ompednekar.hashnode.dev](https://ompednekar.hashnode.dev/stt?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Ganesh Rama Hegde](https://hashnode.com/@hegde10122) · [Feb 18](https://hashnode.com/posts/chapter-24-usecase21-conflation-deep-dive/6996056cb989a0d19d2be09d) ### [Chapter 24 : UseCase21 - Conflation Deep Dive](https://kotlinflow.hashnode.dev/chapter-24-usecase21-conflation-deep-dive?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) buffer() in Chapter 23 was all about “queue everything” when the consumer is slow. Now we look into conflate() which is all about “dropping intermediate values” and caring only about the latest value. The Core Idea When the consumer is slow: buffer(... 3 min read · [kotlinflow.hashnode.dev](https://kotlinflow.hashnode.dev/chapter-24-usecase21-conflation-deep-dive?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Ganesh Rama Hegde](https://hashnode.com/@hegde10122) · [Jan 25](https://hashnode.com/posts/chapter-11-usecase08-conflate/6990c6ac87b522db6dba6cb2) ### [Chapter 11 : UseCase08 - Conflate](https://kotlinflow.hashnode.dev/chapter-11-usecase08-conflate?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) In this use case we look into a condition where we do not care about every value emitted from the producer. We only want the latest update. This is what conflate() does. Real-World Analogy Imagine sto 4 min read · [kotlinflow.hashnode.dev](https://kotlinflow.hashnode.dev/chapter-11-usecase08-conflate?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Ganesh Rama Hegde](https://hashnode.com/@hegde10122) · [Jan 24](https://hashnode.com/posts/chapter-10-usecase07-buffer-and-backpressure/6990c5b9fb5c5fa998cbc872) ### [Chapter 10 : UseCase07 - Buffer and Backpressure](https://kotlinflow.hashnode.dev/chapter-10-usecase07-buffer-and-backpressure?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) Concepts to Learn What backpressure is Why slow collectors block fast emitters How buffer() changes behaviour How producer and consumer can run independently Let us first write the simplest code 6 min read · [kotlinflow.hashnode.dev](https://kotlinflow.hashnode.dev/chapter-10-usecase07-buffer-and-backpressure?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Sanya Gupta](https://hashnode.com/@SanyaGupta) · [Jan 10](https://hashnode.com/posts/explaining-load-balancers/69640c1c376811ad53f0f0a8) ### [Explaining Load Balancers](https://explaining-rate-limiter-system-design.hashnode.dev/explaining-load-balancers?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) How Real Systems Distribute Traffic at Scale 11 min read · [explaining-rate-limiter-system-design.hashnode.dev](https://explaining-rate-limiter-system-design.hashnode.dev/explaining-load-balancers?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Romman Sabbir](https://hashnode.com/@rommansabbir) · [Dec 30, 2025](https://hashnode.com/posts/kotlin-channels-a-simple-practical-guide-beginner-advanced/6953b923d6e878ada31bc0dd) ### [Kotlin Channels: A Simple, Practical Guide (Beginner → Advanced)](https://rommansabbir.com/kotlin-channels-a-simple-practical-guide-beginner-advanced?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) This guide explains what Channels are, when to use them, how to use them correctly, and when NOT to use them — in simple, professional language. 4 min read · [rommansabbir.com](https://rommansabbir.com/kotlin-channels-a-simple-practical-guide-beginner-advanced?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)