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Dec 16, 2024 · Backend Development

How to Build a Scalable Feed Stream: Architecture, Models, and Best Practices

This article explains what a feed stream is, why it exists, how it evolved from RSS to modern social feeds, classifies different feed models, outlines the challenges of real‑time delivery, and provides a detailed backend architecture, data structures, storage design, pagination strategy, and core publish‑read workflows to help engineers build reliable, high‑performance feed systems.