Caching in Distributed Systems - Part III

Challenges of running caching in production environment: cache avalanche and penetration, traffic patterns, cold start, and consistency challenges.

Oct 24, 2025

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Hi Friends,

Welcome to the 145th issue of the Polymathic Engineer newsletter.

This week, we complete our deep dive on caching in distributed systems. If you use caching in production, you can encounter problems that you don’t run into during development. Weird issues appear out of nowhere because of the way traffic works, system failures, and the scale.

The Polymathic Engineer

Caching in Distributed Systems - Part III

Challenges of running caching in production environment: cache avalanche and penetration, traffic patterns, cold start, and consistency challenges.

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