Facing the Music When Millions of Users Hit Delta.com After Release

Explore the challenges and solutions of scaling Angular applications to support millions of daily users in this 20-minute conference talk from ng-conf: Hardwired. Dive into Delta's experience managing their mission-critical e-commerce app, uncovering how seemingly functional code at smaller scales can lead to server crashes and application issues under heavy load. Learn about tough bugs encountered, including browser-specific problems and server-side rendering issues, and discover the process for finding root causes. Gain valuable insights into coding guidelines, architecture choices (micro frontend, feature toggles, metering new UIs), and infrastructure solutions (Akamai for caching and security, AEM for content management) that contribute to building scalable applications. Topics covered include Node middleware, third-party plugins, load balancing, headless CMS, prevention strategies, bug tracking, and application monitoring, providing practical knowledge for developers facing similar scalability challenges.