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After working at various enterprises over the years (where deployments are slower in some cases) I've noticed you'd do a Thursday/Friday/weekend deployment, eve

by Yhippa 10y ago

After working at various enterprises over the years (where deployments are slower in some cases) I've noticed you'd do a Thursday/Friday/weekend deployment, everything "looks good" and you'll still have a bunch of issues Monday morning due to users finally using the system en masse.

jsprogrammer 10y ago
The user experience is pleasant as well. Nothing better than your dependency breaking at 4PM on Friday with no support until Monday.
dnautics 10y ago
Pretty sure the user volume for Uber is higher over the weekends than during the week. Particularly system stressful times are 1:30-2:15am PT on Saturday and Sunday mornings.
- kasparsklavins 10y ago
  There is less commuting on weeekends.
  - rsanek 10y ago
    In the talk, he specifically mentions that weekends are the busiest.
- chejazi 10y ago
  While a lot of people go out on Friday and Saturday night, I don't think the total volume surpasses commute volume. The surge in pricing you experience late at night is largely due to the number of drivers on the road, which would be less given the time of day. Edited out consideration: traffic in your area might be a good proxy for Uber volume. Traffic late at night is generally low.
  - dnautics 10y ago
    Your statement is true in San Francisco, but Pacific time zone also encompasses Oakland, south bay, los Angeles, and san Diego, where relatively few people commute using Uber compared to going out using Uber. From personal experience, having driven for Lyft and Uber I'm two cities (Sf, sd) surge in SF does get acutely high in the morning, more broadly in the evening (work departure times are spread out over a wide range of hours), and acute around 2am. In California, bar closures statewide are 2am at the latest, so that accounts for unified departure times in multiple markets.

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After working at various enterprises over the years (where deployments are slower in some cases) I've noticed you'd do a Thursday/Friday/weekend deployment, eve

by Yhippa 10y ago

jsprogrammer 10y ago
The user experience is pleasant as well. Nothing better than your dependency breaking at 4PM on Friday with no support until Monday.
dnautics 10y ago
Pretty sure the user volume for Uber is higher over the weekends than during the week. Particularly system stressful times are 1:30-2:15am PT on Saturday and Sunday mornings.
- kasparsklavins 10y ago
  There is less commuting on weeekends.
  - rsanek 10y ago
    In the talk, he specifically mentions that weekends are the busiest.
- chejazi 10y ago
  While a lot of people go out on Friday and Saturday night, I don't think the total volume surpasses commute volume. The surge in pricing you experience late at night is largely due to the number of drivers on the road, which would be less given the time of day. Edited out consideration: traffic in your area might be a good proxy for Uber volume. Traffic late at night is generally low.
  - dnautics 10y ago
    Your statement is true in San Francisco, but Pacific time zone also encompasses Oakland, south bay, los Angeles, and san Diego, where relatively few people commute using Uber compared to going out using Uber. From personal experience, having driven for Lyft and Uber I'm two cities (Sf, sd) surge in SF does get acutely high in the morning, more broadly in the evening (work departure times are spread out over a wide range of hours), and acute around 2am. In California, bar closures statewide are 2am at the latest, so that accounts for unified departure times in multiple markets.