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Glossary: System Design Basics in Rust

Fan-out on write / read

Also written: fan-out on write, fan-out on read

Fan-out on write copies a post into every follower's feed when it's posted, which makes reads fast. Fan-out on read stores posts once and gathers them when a customer opens the feed, which makes posting cheap.

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