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Bluesky is currently gaining more than 1M users a day

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208 points henrijn | 1 comments | 16 Nov 24 21:58 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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ksenzee ◴[16 Nov 24 22:48 UTC] No.42160131[source]▶
The infrastructure has been rock-solid. I’ve never seen a service grow this fast without any noticeable outages. The architecture and execution are obviously informed by serious experience at Twitter, but it’s also clear that management is giving them everything they need to do the job right.
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nicce ◴[16 Nov 24 23:08 UTC] No.42160324[source]▶
> The infrastructure has been rock-solid. I’ve never seen a service grow this fast without any noticeable outages. The architecture and execution are obviously informed by serious experience at Twitter, but it’s also clear that management is giving them everything they need to do the job right.

The world has changed quite bit. If you have deep pockets and you can use AWS etc., it isn't a major problem anymore. However, if they indeed run it on their own data centers, that is impressive.

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xboxnolifes ◴[16 Nov 24 23:23 UTC] No.42160457[source]▶
I'm not so sure about this when not even 24 hours ago Netflix has streaming issues running on AWS infrastructure, and existing social media sites still have outages.
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1. vidarh ◴[19 Nov 24 08:20 UTC] No.42181090[source]▶
Netflix runs core services in AWS, but streaming goes via Open Connect, which involves appliances in the networks of major ISPs.

The Open Connect Wikipedia page [1] currently claims 8,000+ Open Connect Appliances at more than 1,000 ISPs as of 2021, and OCA's in over 52 interchange points.

Netflix is shuffling data at a scale nobody outside maybe a dozen other companies globally needs to deal with, and I doubt any of the social media sites come close.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Connect