Weekend Reading #73

Weekend Reading: A weekly roundup of interesting Software Architecture and Programming articles from tech companies. Find fresh ideas and insights every weekend.

This week: single-tenant vs multi-tenant design, scaling LLM workloads post-training at Netflix, and Uber’s rate-limiting system.

Single-Tenant vs Multi-Tenant Architecture

👉 Useful when deciding how to structure SaaS products or platform services.

A practical comparison of single-tenant and multi-tenant SaaS architectures. Covers isolation, scalability, cost, security, and ideal use cases for each approach.

Scaling LLM Post-Training at Netflix

👉 Great insight if you’re deploying LLMs at scale and worried about latency and cost.

Netflix engineers explain how they scale large language models after training for production workloads. The post discusses model serving, batching, load balancing, and cost-effective hardware utilization. 

Uber’s Rate Limiting System

👉 Worth reading if you build distributed APIs and need robust traffic control without harming UX.

Uber shares the design of their rate-limiting platform, which ensures fair resource usage across services and tenants. The system balances throughput and latency while enabling adaptive throttling across diverse traffic patterns.