| ▲ | londons_explore 6 hours ago | |
This strikes me as a huge amount of custom code and technical debt. Every new software dev probably has to learn this. Why not a sticky master election per user, and have no special data centers? | ||
| ▲ | codedokode 6 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |
It makes sense: European users are assigned to EU data center, and Chinese to the one closer to them. The "custom code" should not be complicated, just a map of country to DC. You are suggesting to develop a compicated solution (spend money) when current simple one is working ok without any elections. | ||
| ▲ | inigyou 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
If you've ever actually tried to implement server clustering you quickly find there's no magic cloud, except in specific cases like blockchains. A privately operated cluster system is mostly about directing requests to the correct server out of a finite set of servers. | ||
| ▲ | fullstop 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
From what I have read, they only have ~30 employees. They're not exactly onboarding a lot of new people here. | ||
| ▲ | nurumaik 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |
Learn what? How to count to 5? | ||