Ever wondered how Discord delivers messages instantly to millions of users around the world?

In the first session of our Control Architecture series, we'll explore the real system design decisions behind Discord's success. From gateway sharding and real-time event delivery to the Elixir process model, large-scale database architecture, and voice call encryption, we'll examine how one of the world's largest communication platforms operates at scale.

Whether you're interested in backend engineering, distributed systems, scalability, or software architecture, this session will provide practical insights into the technologies and patterns used by modern internet-scale applications.

What we'll cover:

• Gateway sharding and connection management

• Real-time messaging architecture

• The Elixir/Erlang process model

• Discord's database scaling journey

• Voice infrastructure and encryption

• Key lessons for building scalable systems

📅 June 11, 2026
🕑 2:00 LT evening (20:00 GMT+3)
📍 Google Meet: https://meet.google.com/utg-veuq-tei

Join us as we unpack the architecture behind one of the most widely used real-time communication platforms on the internet.