The document discusses the architecture of a network led by Marco Cecconi, highlighting its rapid growth and scalability through various caching mechanisms and databases. It emphasizes the importance of an efficient development process, community support, and hiring top talent. Additionally, it mentions a philosophy of rapid iteration, while also noting the need for careful testing and quality assurance.

1. The Architecture Of
Marco Cecconi
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4. #49 network for traffic*
…and #14 in Romania, thank you!
*source: Quantcast, Alexa

5. 559,634,880 pageviews in the last 30 days*
(~100% growth year over year)
*source: Quantcast

7. search
http
rest
tag engine
protobuf
http
http(s)
sql
sql
load balancers
protobuf
redis
web servers
database

9. We are still scaling up…

10. Few projects :-)

11. Few projects :-)
Few lines of code :-)

12. Few projects :-)
Eeek! very few tests :-S
Few lines of code :-)

13. Few projects :-)
Few lines of code :-)
Awesome community to help :-D
Eeek! very few tests :-S

14. YAGNI*.
It works.
* You Ain’t Gonna Need It!

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17. BATCAVE
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META.SO

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META.SO

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NETWORK
DEV.SO
META.SO

20. Move fast and break things

21. Move fast and break things*
* Not the home page or question page :-)

22. Move fast and break things*
* Not the home page or question page :-)

23. Network Level Caches (CDN, etc.)
Server Level Cache (HttpRuntime.Cache)
Site Level Cache (Redis)
SQL Server Database Cache (384 gigs of RAM!)
Solid State Disk

27. * Source http://bit.ly/1eSLr8Z

31. Reinvent a better wheel!
Open source all the wheels!

33. WE <3 GEEKS

34. DOWN
TO THE
METAL m/

35. HIRE THE BEST TALENT
FROM ANYWHERE

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