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0 pointserik3y ago0 comments

Last I read, Hacker News was still running on one big machine. And still uses text files as its database.

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Twitter runs ads and generates billions in revenue.

It can't just tolerate being down or having under-load issues like HN often is.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse

0 pointserik3y ago0 comments

Last I read, Hacker News was still running on one big machine. And still uses text files as its database.

Twitter runs ads and generates billions in revenue.

It can't just tolerate being down or having under-load issues like HN often is.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse