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The infrastructure behind one of the most popular sites in Greece

• atmosx 11y ago
  I've wrote a small Sinatra application using their API to check/compare prices. I remember that the guy who was responsible for the API support was replying quickly. After a few emails, he told that he was actually on vacations replying from his mobile or something, which I thought was kinda cool... The guy (@zorbas or something) was literally in love with his job.
  • charkost 11y ago
    Yeap @_zorbash (at twitter) is still responsible for the API. It is true that we really enjoy our job at skroutz. :)
    • atmosx 11y ago
      "Our MongoDB dataset is far bigger than our relational data, weighing in at 400 GB and constantly growing." MongoDB keeps indexes in RAM IIRC. How much RAM does your server have? :-)
      • charkost 11y ago
        It runs on our most powerful server with 96G RAM :)
• billK 11y ago
  Appropriately timed for Sysadmin Day :)