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That was much more exhaustive than i was anticipating. I'm curious how this stacks up to sites like flickr.

viksit 17y ago
@thehigherlife - I was thinking about the same thing recently (an announcement about FB becoming the biggest photo app on the planet). I found two great sources of information on this.. - http://highscalability.com/flickr-architecture http://highscalability.com/flickr-architecture Very deep analysis of Flickr's arch from a couple of years ago - including a link to a presentation to Cal Henderson's slides. I'm surprised he got canned from Y! yesterday though!
- mattyb 17y ago
  Not to be wooden, but if you reply to someone's comment, I don't think there's a need to state @[username].
- furburger 17y ago
  i don't know anything about cal's departure, but i can say that any large co like yahoo, google, msft, apple etc is more or less impervious against the loss of one or a few technical individuals. his departure may have symbolic value but the machine that is chugging there will keep chugging, for better or for worse
  - jamie 17y ago
    Don't confuse continuing to operate with continuing to innovate. A few technical individuals can move the needle more than you'd imagine, even at a big co.
gry 17y ago
No doubt. I am studying this further, for sure. The info from a public-facing, private company is striking. I'm amazed how much code and knowledge Facebook has already given back to the community given their state. Though perhaps being private and not publicly traded makes it easier. Still, it seems like they have done some things very well and wouldn't want to expose them.
- SwellJoe 17y ago
  Amazing? Really? There are an awful lot of companies dramatically smaller than Facebook that have released a lot more code. 37signals, with maybe a 10th the valuation (if we're being very generous to 37signals), has given away a lot more code than Facebook. Facebook may be many things, but "amazing" generosity is not one of their characteristics. Call them "somewhat" generous, if you like. Heck, I'll even let "pretty" generous slide. But let's not be over generous in our assessment of just how nice Facebook is to the community. They're nice guys, and all, but they aren't saints.
  - gry 17y ago
    Just to clarify, to the best of my knowledge, they are private, not profitable and sharing code/knowledge. This amazes me. I never said they were amazing; a different distinction. I'm in total agreement with you.

@thehigherlife - I was thinking about the same thing recently (an announcement about FB becoming the biggest photo app on the planet). I found two great sources of information on this.. - http://highscalability.com/flickr-architecture http://highscalability.com/flickr-architecture Very deep analysis of Flickr's arch from a couple of years ago - including a link to a presentation to Cal Henderson's slides. I'm surprised he got canned from Y! yesterday though!

mattyb 17y ago
Not to be wooden, but if you reply to someone's comment, I don't think there's a need to state @[username].
furburger 17y ago
i don't know anything about cal's departure, but i can say that any large co like yahoo, google, msft, apple etc is more or less impervious against the loss of one or a few technical individuals. his departure may have symbolic value but the machine that is chugging there will keep chugging, for better or for worse
- jamie 17y ago
  Don't confuse continuing to operate with continuing to innovate. A few technical individuals can move the needle more than you'd imagine, even at a big co.

gry 17y ago

No doubt. I am studying this further, for sure. The info from a public-facing, private company is striking. I'm amazed how much code and knowledge Facebook has already given back to the community given their state. Though perhaps being private and not publicly traded makes it easier. Still, it seems like they have done some things very well and wouldn't want to expose them.

SwellJoe 17y ago
Amazing? Really? There are an awful lot of companies dramatically smaller than Facebook that have released a lot more code. 37signals, with maybe a 10th the valuation (if we're being very generous to 37signals), has given away a lot more code than Facebook. Facebook may be many things, but "amazing" generosity is not one of their characteristics. Call them "somewhat" generous, if you like. Heck, I'll even let "pretty" generous slide. But let's not be over generous in our assessment of just how nice Facebook is to the community. They're nice guys, and all, but they aren't saints.
- gry 17y ago
  Just to clarify, to the best of my knowledge, they are private, not profitable and sharing code/knowledge. This amazes me. I never said they were amazing; a different distinction. I'm in total agreement with you.