A live scoreboard looks simple until traffic arrives. The product needs to show current match state, but your backend should not have to answer the same high-frequency request thousands of times per minute for every user watching the same event. Separate initial state from live state Initial st...
Source: [Dev.to](https://dev.to/thesports_api/how-to-design-a-live-scoreboard-without-overloading-your-backend-1bce)