--- title: "#load-balancing articles | Hashnode" description: "Explore 629 articles tagged #load-balancing on Hashnode. Tutorials, guides, and how-tos from the community." url: "https://hashnode.com/tag/load-balancing" --- Tag # #load-balancing 629 posts · 21 followers [Devang Pandya](https://hashnode.com/@cloudtechbydevang) · [Oct 30](https://hashnode.com/posts/sticky-sessions-explained-the-story-of-two-waiters-load-balancer-session-affinity/6ae4a07a701013feab652e93) ### [Sticky Sessions Explained: The Story of Two Waiters (Load Balancer Session Affinity)](https://cloudtechbydevang.hashnode.dev/sticky-sessions-explained-the-story-of-two-waiters-load-balancer-session-affinity?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) By Devang Pandya · Cloud Tech by Devang · Cloud • DevOps • AI — Made Simple This post is the full breakdown for the Two Waiters Reel. If you came here after commenting STICKY, welcome! The story in 8 min read · [cloudtechbydevang.hashnode.dev](https://cloudtechbydevang.hashnode.dev/sticky-sessions-explained-the-story-of-two-waiters-load-balancer-session-affinity?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Yashvi Kothari](https://hashnode.com/@yashvikothari) · [Oct 25](https://hashnode.com/posts/host-web-app-google-cloud-compute-engine/6addd35faca973e66b1254ff) ### [How to Host a Web App on Google Cloud Compute Engine (and Scale It)](https://yashvikothari.hashnode.dev/host-web-app-google-cloud-compute-engine?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) Learn to deploy and scale a web app on Google Cloud Compute Engine using load balancing, managed instance groups, autoscaling, and Cloud CDN. 31 min read · [yashvikothari.hashnode.dev](https://yashvikothari.hashnode.dev/host-web-app-google-cloud-compute-engine?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Trust Boundary](https://hashnode.com/@trustboundarystudio) · [Oct 19](https://hashnode.com/posts/three-bugs-made-claude-worse-and-the-checks-never-saw-it/6ad6a25f2d1959a4126534bd) ### [Three bugs made Claude worse, and the checks never saw it](https://trustboundarystudio.hashnode.dev/three-bugs-made-claude-worse-and-the-checks-never-saw-it?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) Claude never went down. Between August and early September 2025, three infrastructure bugs degraded its answers, and Anthropic's evaluations did not catch them. 10 min read · [trustboundarystudio.hashnode.dev](https://trustboundarystudio.hashnode.dev/three-bugs-made-claude-worse-and-the-checks-never-saw-it?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Devang Pandya](https://hashnode.com/@cloudtechbydevang) · [Oct 19](https://hashnode.com/posts/how-load-balancers-split-traffic-between-thousands-of-servers/6ad6215e0a594c0a98f30b63) ### [How Load Balancers Split Traffic Between Thousands of Servers](https://cloudtechbydevang.hashnode.dev/how-load-balancers-split-traffic-between-thousands-of-servers?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) By Devang Pandya · Cloud Tech by Devang · Cloud • DevOps • AI — Made Simple When you open a big website, your request almost never goes straight to "the server". It goes to a load balancer first. The 10 min read · [cloudtechbydevang.hashnode.dev](https://cloudtechbydevang.hashnode.dev/how-load-balancers-split-traffic-between-thousands-of-servers?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [octave Nkurunziza](https://hashnode.com/@octave) · [Oct 18](https://hashnode.com/posts/canary-releases-with-a-weighted-load-balancer-10-to-v2-proven-with-200-requests/6ad48a7a9e4fc913320dce48) ### [Canary releases with a weighted load balancer: 10% to v2, proven with 200 requests](https://octave.hashnode.dev/canary-releases-with-a-weighted-load-balancer-10-to-v2-proven-with-200-requests?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) TL;DR What you get: a canary release that sends exactly 1 in 10 requests to a new version, a 7-line script that proves the split, and a rollback that takes effect in under a second. Who it's for: an 9 min read · [octave.hashnode.dev](https://octave.hashnode.dev/canary-releases-with-a-weighted-load-balancer-10-to-v2-proven-with-200-requests?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Ciphemic academia](https://hashnode.com/@ciphemicacademia) · [Oct 15](https://hashnode.com/posts/layer-4-vs-layer-7-load-balancing-12-million-packets-a-second-and-the-cost-of-reading-every-request/6ad033360dcd0bc458c833b9) ### [Layer 4 vs. Layer 7 Load Balancing: 12 Million Packets a Second and the Cost of Reading Every Request](https://ciphemicacademia.hashnode.dev/layer-4-vs-layer-7-load-balancing-12-million-packets-a-second-and-the-cost-of-reading-every-request?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) Google's Maglev handles 12M packets/sec without reading a request. One bad firewall rule took Cloudflare down for 27 minutes. 13 min read · [ciphemicacademia.hashnode.dev](https://ciphemicacademia.hashnode.dev/layer-4-vs-layer-7-load-balancing-12-million-packets-a-second-and-the-cost-of-reading-every-request?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Shehroz Ali](https://hashnode.com/@sherredev) · [Oct 4](https://hashnode.com/posts/achieving-99-99-uptime-on-single-pod-rollout-using-neg-based-network-load-balancing/6ac2b38152fb51e1a51277b9) ### [Achieving 99.99% uptime on single Pod rollout using NEG-based Network Load Balancing](https://shehroz.hashnode.dev/achieving-99-99-uptime-on-single-pod-rollout-using-neg-based-network-load-balancing?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) If you’re using an external passthrough Network Load Balancer sitting in front of your Kubernetes cluster, facts are most of the times its not aware of your Service Pod’s container health which result 4 min read · [shehroz.hashnode.dev](https://shehroz.hashnode.dev/achieving-99-99-uptime-on-single-pod-rollout-using-neg-based-network-load-balancing?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Jayesh Sojitra](https://hashnode.com/@jayeshsojitra) · [Oct 3](https://hashnode.com/posts/alb-vs-nlb-which-load-balancer-do-you-actually-need/6ac0abadf08c49a65eac4ea8) ### [ALB vs NLB: Which Load Balancer Do You Actually Need](https://jayesh-sojitra.hashnode.dev/alb-vs-nlb-which-load-balancer-do-you-actually-need?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) "Just use an ALB" works for most web apps, but the choice between ALB and NLB isn't about which is "better" — it's about which layer of the network you actually need control at. 4 min read · [jayesh-sojitra.hashnode.dev](https://jayesh-sojitra.hashnode.dev/alb-vs-nlb-which-load-balancer-do-you-actually-need?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [1](https://hashnode.com/posts/alb-vs-nlb-which-load-balancer-do-you-actually-need/6ac0abadf08c49a65eac4ea8) [Paul Adeoye](https://hashnode.com/@PaulKing) · [Oct 2](https://hashnode.com/posts/from-a-single-server-to-cloud-architecture-why-modern-applications-use-multiple-services/6abf7ad3d1efcb90de4a4191) ### [From a Single Server to Cloud Architecture: Why Modern Applications Use Multiple Services](https://paulking.hashnode.dev/from-a-single-server-to-cloud-architecture-why-modern-applications-use-multiple-services?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) Learn how applications evolve from a single server to scalable cloud architectures using multiple app servers, load balancers, databases, and storage. 10 min read · [paulking.hashnode.dev](https://paulking.hashnode.dev/from-a-single-server-to-cloud-architecture-why-modern-applications-use-multiple-services?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) [Sarmeet Singh](https://hashnode.com/@blueprintsofscale) · [Sep 29](https://hashnode.com/posts/the-traffic-cop-load-balancing-explained-like-you-re-new/6abb2efa2bc85a22209bf0b3) ### [The Traffic Cop: Load Balancing, Explained Like You're New](https://blueprintsofscale.hashnode.dev/the-traffic-cop-load-balancing-explained-like-you-re-new?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) Blueprints of Scale — Core Concepts #11 53 min read · [blueprintsofscale.hashnode.dev](https://blueprintsofscale.hashnode.dev/the-traffic-cop-load-balancing-explained-like-you-re-new?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)