Marco Cecconi, Software Developer @ Stack Exchange - The architecture of Stack Overflow
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The document discusses the architecture of a network led by Marco Cecconi, highlighting its rapid growth and scalability through various caching mechanisms and databases. It emphasizes the importance of an efficient development process, community support, and hiring top talent. Additionally, it mentions a philosophy of rapid iteration, while also noting the need for careful testing and quality assurance.
Marco Cecconi, Software Developer @ Stack Exchange - The architecture of Stack Overflow
- 1. The Architecture Of Marco Cecconi @sklivvz sklivvz@stackoverflow.com
- 4. #49 network for traffic* …and #14 in Romania, thank you! *source: Quantcast, Alexa
- 5. 559,634,880 pageviews in the last 30 days* (~100% growth year over year) *source: Quantcast
- 7. search http rest tag engine protobuf http http(s) sql sql load balancers protobuf redis web servers database
- 9. We are still scaling up…
- 10. Few projects :-)
- 11. Few projects :-) Few lines of code :-)
- 12. Few projects :-) Eeek! very few tests :-S Few lines of code :-)
- 13. Few projects :-) Few lines of code :-) Awesome community to help :-D Eeek! very few tests :-S
- 14. YAGNI*. It works. * You Ain’t Gonna Need It!
- 15. BATCAVE
- 16. BATCAVE DEV.SO
- 20. Move fast and break things
- 21. Move fast and break things* * Not the home page or question page :-)
- 22. Move fast and break things* * Not the home page or question page :-)
- 23. Network Level Caches (CDN, etc.) Server Level Cache (HttpRuntime.Cache) Site Level Cache (Redis) SQL Server Database Cache (384 gigs of RAM!) Solid State Disk
- 31. Reinvent a better wheel! Open source all the wheels!
- 33. WE <3 GEEKS
- 35. HIRE THE BEST TALENT FROM ANYWHERE
- 36. BAT CAVE