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my takeaway is that I'm impressed they're running such a large scale on scala/JVM. I was at a retail startup in the mid 2010s that was doing their own 3PL, $500
by andrew_ 4y ago
my takeaway is that I'm impressed they're running such a large scale on scala/JVM. I was at a retail startup in the mid 2010s that was doing their own 3PL, $500m / year and the JVM was a constant pain while scaling up.
- KptMarchewa 4y agoJVM is one of the most brilliant pieces of engineering in history. Also, there are more large companies running on way more "shoddy" technologies like Rails, which Twitter also used up to some point.
- Fiahil 4y ago> JVM is one of the most brilliant pieces of engineering in history. Yet, such a pain in the ass…
- KptMarchewa 4y agoJava might be. JVM? No.
- lightbendover 4y agoI assure you that some of the highest-throughput consumer-facing systems in the world run on the JVM.