Code RoomTraffic surge saturating capacity
HardPrep Room Coding #3031

Traffic surge saturating capacity

On-callReliability & on-callSenior–Staff~20 min

A marketing push (or viral moment) is driving 10x normal traffic and the system is saturating. You can't instantly add unlimited capacity. How do you keep it up?

What a strong answer looks like

Stop the bleeding first (mitigate), then form hypotheses from real signals. Separate root cause from symptom, communicate status as you go, and close with what prevents a repeat.

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