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Mechanics of Building a Carpooling Service (2017)

WestCoastJustin 8y ago
OP here. FYI, I put this project off for a bit, but I am working on it again. Happy to get feedback or answer any questions. ps. always interesting to see the HN traffic effect: https://imgur.com/yPMgwql https://imgur.com/yPMgwql
- thunderbong 8y ago
  Can you tell me about your server setup if you don't mind? Where did the graphs come from?
  - WestCoastJustin 8y ago
    Sure, I'm using GCP to host the website. Then, I'm using Docker, K8s, and then a LB sitting in front. The graph is from GCP's CDN that tracks requests per second and CDN hits/misses [1]. It's a pretty sweet setup since all of the heavy lifting is done at the CDN. You could do something similar on the CDN side with AWS using CloudFront. [1] https://cloud.google.com/cdn/ https://cloud.google.com/cdn/
    - thunderbong 8y ago
      Thanks a lot for that. How much does it cost for you for your site?
jiveturkey 8y ago
geo-special?
- WestCoastJustin 8y ago
  That's pretty funny. Updated to geospatial, thanks.
  - jiveturkey 8y ago
    Curious, how did you do the transcription? Were you actually working from the "transcription", or did you speech2text the audio and do some fixing-up?
jiveturkey 8y ago
ooooh. the text is a transcript. i was going to say, tighter editing would be good, but as a transcript, yeah it works. it's really good. my only comment is meta. sorry, there is no way i am going to start on a 30-episode series and have you pull an ABC 'Lost' on me. Produce all of them, then launch it all at once.
- WestCoastJustin 8y ago
  Thanks for the feedback. Yeah, I 100% agree. I'm thinking something like 3-5 episodes now, and I'll do it over a week. Then if you wanted to follow along you can OR just view it at the end of a week. Makes it way easier to see how it works quickly (or use the demo app / view the code).
  - jiveturkey 8y ago
    I hate to point this out, but it's been 10 days from re-launch and you're still on just that first episode from 2017.
miki123211 8y ago
are more episedes of that series available? I can only find the first one and the date's february 2017.
- WestCoastJustin 8y ago
  I'm working on them now. They should be out in about a month.

OP here. FYI, I put this project off for a bit, but I am working on it again. Happy to get feedback or answer any questions. ps. always interesting to see the HN traffic effect: https://imgur.com/yPMgwql https://imgur.com/yPMgwql

thunderbong 8y ago
Can you tell me about your server setup if you don't mind? Where did the graphs come from?
- WestCoastJustin 8y ago
  Sure, I'm using GCP to host the website. Then, I'm using Docker, K8s, and then a LB sitting in front. The graph is from GCP's CDN that tracks requests per second and CDN hits/misses [1]. It's a pretty sweet setup since all of the heavy lifting is done at the CDN. You could do something similar on the CDN side with AWS using CloudFront. [1] https://cloud.google.com/cdn/ https://cloud.google.com/cdn/
  - thunderbong 8y ago
    Thanks a lot for that. How much does it cost for you for your site?

jiveturkey 8y ago

geo-special?

WestCoastJustin 8y ago
That's pretty funny. Updated to geospatial, thanks.
- jiveturkey 8y ago
  Curious, how did you do the transcription? Were you actually working from the "transcription", or did you speech2text the audio and do some fixing-up?

jiveturkey 8y ago

ooooh. the text is a transcript. i was going to say, tighter editing would be good, but as a transcript, yeah it works. it's really good. my only comment is meta. sorry, there is no way i am going to start on a 30-episode series and have you pull an ABC 'Lost' on me. Produce all of them, then launch it all at once.

WestCoastJustin 8y ago
Thanks for the feedback. Yeah, I 100% agree. I'm thinking something like 3-5 episodes now, and I'll do it over a week. Then if you wanted to follow along you can OR just view it at the end of a week. Makes it way easier to see how it works quickly (or use the demo app / view the code).
- jiveturkey 8y ago
  I hate to point this out, but it's been 10 days from re-launch and you're still on just that first episode from 2017.

miki123211 8y ago

are more episedes of that series available? I can only find the first one and the date's february 2017.

WestCoastJustin 8y ago
I'm working on them now. They should be out in about a month.