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I like posts like this a lot. I'm just a web designer, but I found scaling web sites fascinating, like some kind of dark art or secret craft. Where do you lear
by armandososa 15y ago
I like posts like this a lot. I'm just a web designer, but I found scaling web sites fascinating, like some kind of dark art or secret craft.
Where do you learn this stuff? Do you need a CS Degree from stanford or something? I like the black magic aura, it's romantic, but I'd really like to understand how to scale websites doing stuff like the OP describes.
- ippisl 15y agohttp://highscalability.com/ http://highscalability.com/
- tkahn6 15y agoI don't get the impression that one would need a degree to devise the scaling strategies they're employing. This would seem more the product of battle-hardened experience rather than a formal education.
- jules 15y agoWhile scaling web sites is fascinating, for most people it is also unnecessary. The vast majority of web sites runs just fine on 1 computer. For example, hacker news runs not just on one computer, but actually on 1 core. So with a single 8 core box with ~100GB ram you can get quite far and save yourself a big hassle.