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"Netflix is over-engineered, it's just videos lol" Classic HN hubris. For example, Netflix dynamically adjusts video quality on demand. Pretty easy feature. T
by always_good 10y ago
"Netflix is over-engineered, it's just videos lol"
Classic HN hubris.
For example, Netflix dynamically adjusts video quality on demand. Pretty easy feature. The top HN comment will explain how they would implement that in five minutes -- hypothetically, of course!
- orf 10y ago"Responsible 20% of the entire us internet traffic? Solved problem mate, i could do it on a single machine with mongodb. Overengineered!"
- rhizome 10y agoJust think how much more they could do if they stopped using MySQL. /s
- user5994461 10y agoForget about the joke for a minute and let's be realistic. It is entirely possible and reasonable to prototype a streaming service serving 20% of the us traffic with a single machine and mongodb. Well, a single machine, mongodb AND akamai.
- orf 10y agoWell of course, mongodb is web scale don't ya know
- user5994461 10y agoMongoDB is shit. No need to use it. What's important is really the distribution and caching layer, and Akamai has been offering that for a very long time for all the big internet companies.
- paulddraper 10y agoProve it.