Whenever I read about Digg's infrastructure, I think of Markus Frind's comments from back in the day. He's the guy who built plentyoffish.com single-handedly.

Whenever I read about Digg's infrastructure, I think of Markus Frind's comments from back in the day. He's the guy who built plentyoffish.com single-handedly. A lot has changed since 2006, but at the time he said that Digg had the worst infrastructure of any major site. A fascinating read, because his basic point is still very relevant today: "Digg is doomed unless they fire their tech staff." - http://plentyoffish.wordpress.com/2006/10/08/digg-is-doomed-unless-they-fire-their-tech-staff/ http://plentyoffish.wordpress.com/2006/10/08/digg-is-doomed-...