Backend infrastructure at Spotify

This post outlines Spotify's backend infrastructure strategy, emphasizing autonomous squads, transparent code, and self-service infrastructure. It details the partitioning of problems by feature, the challenges of scaling, and the development of infrastructure to support squads efficiently. Specific areas covered include provisioning for hybrid cloud/on-premise environments, storage solutions (Cassandra, PostgreSQL, memcached) with self-service cluster setup, a custom messaging layer, and capacity planning with automated scaling. The post also highlights the importance of service insulation through rate limiting and separate deployments.