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Without having access to the source code we can only speculate but I believe even in those days YouTube already outgrew vertical scaling and thus had to be buil
by Nextgrid 9mo ago
Without having access to the source code we can only speculate but I believe even in those days YouTube already outgrew vertical scaling and thus had to be built as a horizontally-scalable system. That is the hard part.
Adding extra nodes to an existing horizontally-scalable system (that has already been operating and has its bugs ironed out) is much easier.
- slhck 9mo agoThat is really a bit of an oversimplification IMO. Please check, for example, the Netflix tech blog and read about what has changed in the past 10 years or so when it comes to architecting video processing and video delivery systems. There's a tremendous amount of engineering work there which advances the entire industry. For instance, it's not trivial to add live events to a VoD infrastructure at that scale — it's not like you just add a few more nodes and buy faster encoders.
- AbstractH24 9mo agoIts a different skill set. And if its not one that you have or are interested in then it makes for a great time to exit.