{"enrichment":{"faq":[{"a":"server-management teaches a decision-making framework for production operations rather than rote commands. Core practices include selecting appropriate process managers (PM2, systemd, or alternatives), implementing health checks and monitoring for availability and performance metrics, establishing log rotation to prevent disk issues, and using structured troubleshooting to diagnose problems systematically. The skill emphasizes understanding *why* each practice matters so you can adapt to your specific infrastructure needs.","q":"How do you manage servers in production?"},{"a":"server-management covers scaling decision frameworks by teaching you to analyze your bottleneck first. Vertical scaling (bigger servers) suits single-threaded workloads or database-bound applications; horizontal scaling (more servers) works best for stateless services handling traffic spikes. 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