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A brief history of New York Times Engineering’s ‘election readiness efforts’ to achieve reliable and resilient systems.Illustration by Gizem VuralBy Alexandra Shaheen, Megan Araula and Shawn BowerThe New York Times experiences traffic levels that ebb and flow with the news cycle. Planned events that occur at a fixed time and date, such as an election or the Olympics, are known traffic generators. We expect our users to visit The Times’s website and apps for special coverage during those events. ...