How do I set up global load balancing using Digital Ocean DNS and Nginx?
UPDATE: See the answer I've provided below for the solution I eventually got set up on AWS. I'm currently experimenting with methods to implement a global load-balancing layer for my app servers on Digital Ocean and there's a few pieces I've yet to put together. The Goal Offer highly-available service to my users by routing all connections to the closest 'cluster' of servers in SFO, NYC, LON, and eventually Singapore. Additionally, I would eventually like to automate the maintenance of this by writing a daemon that can monitor, scale, and heal any of the servers on the system. Or I'll combine