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> You act like we invent complexity for no reason, but we are dealing with scale 1. Yes, we do invent complexity for no reason 2. The absolute vast majority o
by dmitriid 5y ago
> You act like we invent complexity for no reason, but we are dealing with scale
1. Yes, we do invent complexity for no reason
2. The absolute vast majority of us don't deal with "scale" and most of the things we do can be done with a single beefy server (even for "tens of thousands of concurrent users")
3. Sayin that all SO does is serving static html pages is hugely disingenuous at best
- mrweasel 5y ago> The absolute vast majority of us don't deal with "scale" and most of the things we do can be done with a single beefy server Most simply fail to understand exactly what modern servers are capable of. We continue to read article after article about "scaling out", but you're right, the vast majority will never have the need to scale beyond just a few servers.
- immibis 5y agoI remember seeing that Stack Overflow runs on half a rack of servers, plus a redundant copy. https://nickcraver.com/blog/2016/03/29/stack-overflow-the-hardware-2016-edition/ https://nickcraver.com/blog/2016/03/29/stack-overflow-the-ha... I bet most people are running sites smaller than Stack Overflow (Alexa rank #65 [did you know Alexa is getting permanently shut down in a few months?!]).