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Text DB engine powering vk.com and Telegram
- lambdadmitry 9y agoSome context: the DB in the post is mentioned as a crucial piece of VK and Telegram infrastructure in a recent post [1] by a disgruntled Telegram C-level ex-employee. The post itself is in Russian and AFAIK isn't translated to English yet. It will be, eventually, as it provides huge insight into Telegram/VK inner workings. Some excerpts: - Telegram is indeed still developed in Saint-Petersburg, Russia; - At some point Telegram servers were moved from London to some undisclosed European capital in vans [2][3] without any documents, somehow bypassing customs; - Telegram's Russian company filed a $1.7M lawsuit against ex-employee (who penned that post) for "NDA breach". Breach in question: he mentioned his position in a company in his Facebook bio and used corp chat screenshots in court while appealing his firing. [1]: https://medium.com/@anton.rozenberg/friendship-betrayal-claims-3f395bcc95fa https://medium.com/@anton.rozenberg/friendship-betrayal-clai... [2]: https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/800/1*cPwKcx7Vyhk0Kss-vCgZtA.jpeg https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/800/1*cPwKcx7Vyhk0Kss-vC... [3]: https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/800/1*Bg3_F2VJbtbZ2hs75vKeaQ.jpeg https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/800/1*Bg3_F2VJbtbZ2hs75v...
- ateesdalejr 9y agoSo vk.com uses plaintext as a storage medium for their files?