You’re building the next killer mobile app. How do you ensure that your app is both stable and capable of near-instant data updates? Build a backend! But there’s more to building a backend than standing up a SQL server in your datacenter and calling it a day. Since different types of apps demand different backend services, how do you know what sort of backend you need? And, more importantly, how can you ensure that your backend will scale so you can survive an explosion of users that comes from events like being featured in the app store? Siva Katir and Melissa Benua will discuss the...
Siva Katir
PlayFab
Siva Katir has more than a decade of experience developing across cloud systems, and desktop and mobile environments. Siva has designed and developed high-availability infrastructures—from synchronizing order and inventory data between multiple companies to managing work permits, worker statuses, and their physical locations across multiple BP oil refineries. His varied work experience includes deploying CI pipelines, managing servers, and running his own software company for six years. Siva is passionate about programming and sharing his knowledge with other programmers through his blog.