How Load Balancers Distribute Millions of Requests In this video, I cover proxies and load balancers, the traffic layer that sits between your users and your servers. We start with forward proxies and their use cases, then move to reverse proxies and why they're essential for production systems. From there, I explain how load balancers work and walk through the key server selection strategies: round robin, least connections, IP hash, and weighted strategies. By the end, you'll understand exactly how requests get routed and which strategy to choose for your system. Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 00:30 - Forward Proxies 01:25 - Use Cases 02:50 - Reverse Proxies 03:20 - Use Cases 05:00 - Load Balancers 05:50 - How Load Balancers Work 06:05 - Server Selection Strategies 06:10 - Round Robin 06:35 - Least Connections 07:15 - IP Hash 08:05 - Weighted Strategies 08:55 - Conclusion #loadbalancer #proxy #systemdesign #softwareengineering #systemarchitecture - @thom.code