India, Oct. 8 -- During Big Billion Days, Flipkart must handle more than a surge in shopping traffic. Search, recommendations, pricing, inventory, checkout, payments and fulfilment all come under pressure as customers interact with the platform.

The challenge is not simply to add computing capacity. It is to keep these interconnected systems responsive as demand rises and operational data changes continuously.

With early access beginning on 8 October and the main sale opening on 9 October, Big Billion Days 2026 offers a useful opportunity to examine the technology behind large-scale e-commerce.

Flipkart's previously published engineering accounts, along with technical case studies from Aerospike and Google Cloud, provide a view of how ...