I'm not revising the numbers. I'm saying that it's working out, with the worse case scenario being that it takes some more hardware.
Reddit raised hundreds of millions of dollars, whereas stack overflow didn't, they have the means to buy a rack more if that's what is missing. There is no excuse to be slow or broken all the time.
The amount of traffic is not significant. It's perfectly scalable and shardable, it's only text over HTTP and most of it is cachable by a CDN.
Reddit raised hundreds of millions of dollars, whereas stack overflow didn't, they have the means to buy a rack more if that's what is missing. There is no excuse to be slow or broken all the time.
The amount of traffic is not significant. It's perfectly scalable and shardable, it's only text over HTTP and most of it is cachable by a CDN.