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Maybe not at the same scale but imo their core system has a lot of tech challenges: * Lots of realtime * Resource scheduling problems * Route optimization pr
by chillacy 8y ago
Maybe not at the same scale but imo their core system has a lot of tech challenges:
* Lots of realtime
* Resource scheduling problems
* Route optimization problems (especially with shared uber or shared lyft rides)
- warp_factor 8y agook, but: * Everything they do is low data (no video, image or anything high bandwith). * Their whole model can be subdivided into smaller local problems (all users//drivers in the bay area have nothing to do with the users//drivers currently in NYC). yes there is a couple of algorithms to develop for Uber Pool, and for the real time matching but everything else looks like a fairly simple app backend to me.
- nemothekid 8y ago> Everything they do is low data (no video, image or anything high bandwith).* So is everyone else? Storage and CDN isn't nearly as complex as ad serving on Facebook (Which is like Uber's matching - it's a realtime marketplace). Ad serving takes up relatively little bits.
- chillacy 8y agoI'm not a network engineer so I'm unfamiliar with how problems scale by bandwidth. I do know that solving NP hard problems is difficult, so I respect Uber engineers for that at least.