http://laughingmeme.org/2007/04/12/twitter-ruby-and-scaling/ Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:18:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://laughingmeme.org/2007/04/12/twitter-ruby-and-scaling/comment-page-1/#comment-810745 What Second Life can teach about scaling - Laughing Meme Thu, 04 Feb 2010 01:00:16 +0000 http://laughingmeme.org/2007/04/12/twitter-ruby-and-scaling/#comment-810745 <p>[...] Wanted to jump up and down when I read this. Building it “right” the first time is one of the best guarantees of failure I know. Scaling is always a catch up game. [...]</p> [...] Wanted to jump up and down when I read this. Building it “right” the first time is one of the best guarantees of failure I know. Scaling is always a catch up game. [...]

]]> http://laughingmeme.org/2007/04/12/twitter-ruby-and-scaling/comment-page-1/#comment-154823 Twiiter Outage? Fri, 16 Nov 2007 17:30:23 +0000 http://laughingmeme.org/2007/04/12/twitter-ruby-and-scaling/#comment-154823 <p>[...] I think Ruby’s edges (or core maybe) are showing here.  This has been discussed at length at Laughing Meme, but I haven’t seen much about this subject on Twitter’s blog.  Lots of folks are using Ruby daily, with many of them adopting Rails, and all of them have a stake in its future. [...]</p> [...] I think Ruby’s edges (or core maybe) are showing here.  This has been discussed at length at Laughing Meme, but I haven’t seen much about this subject on Twitter’s blog.  Lots of folks are using Ruby daily, with many of them adopting Rails, and all of them have a stake in its future. [...]

]]> http://laughingmeme.org/2007/04/12/twitter-ruby-and-scaling/comment-page-1/#comment-33097 Rails woes. The slow that is keeping twitter down. » Harper Reed: Tech, Phones, Yo-yoing and Death Metal Mon, 16 Apr 2007 06:04:40 +0000 http://laughingmeme.org/2007/04/12/twitter-ruby-and-scaling/#comment-33097 <p>[...] I think some of the best points on this whole thing is the following (paraphrased from somewhere 1, 2, 3): Rails is great because it trades developer performance for framework performance. Rails is good enough for almost every application. However, if you get big enough - rails will suffer. If you are writing an app that may get big, you may want to choose a different framework. [...]</p> [...] I think some of the best points on this whole thing is the following (paraphrased from somewhere 1, 2, 3): Rails is great because it trades developer performance for framework performance. Rails is good enough for almost every application. However, if you get big enough – rails will suffer. If you are writing an app that may get big, you may want to choose a different framework. [...]

]]> http://laughingmeme.org/2007/04/12/twitter-ruby-and-scaling/comment-page-1/#comment-33010 Warren Seen » Blog Archive » Rails, Twitter and the 800lb Gorilla in the Room… Mon, 16 Apr 2007 01:25:08 +0000 http://laughingmeme.org/2007/04/12/twitter-ruby-and-scaling/#comment-33010 <p>[...] If perchance, you’re part of the other 1%, you should be thrilled to have this problem, it means your software has been successful! Fact is, you don’t accidentally create a site/service which generates 11,000+ requests/sec. You explicitly set out to do so. And presumably, you chose Rails for a reason. Why shouldn’t we extend the concept of “no premature optimisation” to language and platform selection? If Twitter had chosen an “enterprise” class platform and tried to architect for 11k reqs/sec, chances are they would still be building… [...]</p> [...] If perchance, you’re part of the other 1%, you should be thrilled to have this problem, it means your software has been successful! Fact is, you don’t accidentally create a site/service which generates 11,000+ requests/sec. You explicitly set out to do so. And presumably, you chose Rails for a reason. Why shouldn’t we extend the concept of “no premature optimisation” to language and platform selection? If Twitter had chosen an “enterprise” class platform and tried to architect for 11k reqs/sec, chances are they would still be building… [...]

]]> http://laughingmeme.org/2007/04/12/twitter-ruby-and-scaling/comment-page-1/#comment-32902 Around the web | alexking.org Sun, 15 Apr 2007 17:59:41 +0000 http://laughingmeme.org/2007/04/12/twitter-ruby-and-scaling/#comment-32902 <p>[...] Twitter, Ruby, and Scaling [...]</p> [...] Twitter, Ruby, and Scaling [...]

]]> http://laughingmeme.org/2007/04/12/twitter-ruby-and-scaling/comment-page-1/#comment-32016 lucasjosh.com » Blog Archive » Twitter, Rails and Scaling Fri, 13 Apr 2007 14:03:07 +0000 http://laughingmeme.org/2007/04/12/twitter-ruby-and-scaling/#comment-32016 <p>[...] More thoughts from Rafe and Kellan. Kellan ends with: You’ll never build a successful site if you build to scale from day 1, scaling is always a catch up game, but it’s the best game there is. [...]</p> [...] More thoughts from Rafe and Kellan. Kellan ends with: You’ll never build a successful site if you build to scale from day 1, scaling is always a catch up game, but it’s the best game there is. [...]

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