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> the way anyone at the scale is on-premise or on AWS/Azure Can you expand on this? How/why would anyone developing a potentially high-traffic app have to worr
by gallonofmilk 10y ago
> the way anyone at the scale is on-premise or on AWS/Azure
Can you expand on this? How/why would anyone developing a potentially high-traffic app have to worry if they are e.g. leveraging AWS fully? How does that compare to google cloud?
- vgt 10y agoSnapchat runs almost entirely on Google AppEngine. They deploy code and leverage APIs. Their millions of QPS and vast CPU, RAM, etc usage is managed fully by Google Cloud. You can certainly replicate their scale on AWS/Azure.. or Google Compute Engine for that matter.. but you'd need to do a whole lot of non-trivial work around scalability, durability, etc etc. Snapchat runs light on this front, allowing them to focus on launching features rather than keeping the lights on. No one even remotely close to Snapchat in scale runs as lean as they do, and that luxury is afforded largely by Google AppEngine.
- askafriend 10y ago> and that luxury is afforded largely by Google AppEngine. Let's be very clear here. It's afforded largely by Google AppEngine and lots of cash.