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Man, I didn't realize big sites were this complex under the hood. That site wasn't even complicated; if I recall correctly it was just some info pages and paym
by lifeformed 14y ago
Man, I didn't realize big sites were this complex under the hood. That site wasn't even complicated; if I recall correctly it was just some info pages and payment. I don't know anything about backend stuff. All my projects are like this:
[traffic] -> [hosted server] -> [Amazon CloudFront files]
- thrownaway2424 14y agoI believe this includes all of their internal tools for campaigning and organizing and suchlike, not just the public website.
- jellicle 14y agoThey're not internal; that's the point. You want a citizen to be able to receive emails and give you money, then move smoothly to calling other citizens through the website, being provided with a walk sheet to go door-to-door in her own neighborhood, eventually leading a small team of other volunteers.... all of these require interaction with the database of other supporters. Ideally the campaign has over a hundred million people all contacting each other and urging each other to vote a certain way.
- miles932 14y agoIn total, it's nearly 200 apps!
- JulianMorrison 14y agoI am sure that was deliberate design. They want the common case to be as frictionless as possible.