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I have always wondered this too. On the surface, Twitter doesn't seem like a very elaborate service. I'm sure there's serious thorny scaling problems to deal wi

by darawk 7y ago

I have always wondered this too. On the surface, Twitter doesn't seem like a very elaborate service. I'm sure there's serious thorny scaling problems to deal with. But how many engineers does that really take?

olivermarks 7y ago
Remember the fail whale? Scaling is hard.
- kevin_thibedeau 7y ago
  It's hard when you build a global business on a scripting language.