Load Balancing for Beginners: Understanding Sticky Sessions Simply

Breaking down load balancers, sticky sessions, and the algorithms that keep the internet running

Hello guys, Imagine this: your web app works perfectly in staging, but the moment it scales to multiple servers in production, users start complaining — “I keep getting logged out!” or “My session disappears randomly!”

You check the authentication logic. It’s fine. You inspect your cookies. Also fine. Then it hits you — the problem isn’t in your code. It…