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This is a fine point. And yet both FB and Twitter managed to go through long period of servers being overloaded and fail-prone, to the point of frequent outages
by dexen 8y ago
This is a fine point. And yet both FB and Twitter managed to go through long period of servers being overloaded and fail-prone, to the point of frequent outages - cue the Fail Whale[1] - relatively unscathed, and emerge victorious.
In the end it's about taking calculated risks, and concentrating on where your effort and capital are most effective.
Virtually nobody thinks of the Fail Whale as a real risk now a day.
[1] https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DorDnbAU4AARTc3.jpg https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DorDnbAU4AARTc3.jpg
- lugg 8y agoSurvivorship bias. I'd also posit that there isn't much competition at the top.