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This really gets me - you have to go out of your way to build a solution that won't work for 1,700 users[1]. I have seen systems that would collapse under less
by munk-a 7y ago
This really gets me - you have to go out of your way to build a solution that won't work for 1,700 users[1]. I have seen systems that would collapse under less users but they are few... and all of them were train wrecks.
1. Ignoring like... stupid high information transmission systems where clever solutions may be required to concurrently stream data to even dozens of customers - the data here was measurable in bytes, _maybe_ kilobytes.
- jjeaff 7y agoIt doesn't appear that data transmission rates or quantity of users had anything to do with issues with the app. It was a bug in the code that was probably not apparent until being used in a live environment.
- schwartzworld 7y agoThis is explicitly wrong. It turned out they distributed the app on the free tier of TestFairy, meaning that they were limited to 200 users https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/4/21122737/iowa-democractic-caucus-voting-app-android-testfairy-screenshots-app-store https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/4/21122737/iowa-democractic-...
- cambalache 7y agoHahaha I can hardly believe it.It is amateur hour deluxe
- jjeaff 7y agoThat's not really a scale issue either. Just poor deployment planning.