THE VIDEO SHELF · web scalability
Seattle Conference on Scalability: YouTube Scalability
Cuong Do of YouTube describes how a handful of engineers scaled the site, covering hardware, software and database scalability challenges during its rapid growth. The talk was given at the 2007 Seattle Conference on Scalability.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN recommends it as a rich, concrete look at real-world system design and as evidence of YouTube's early Python stack.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Google TechTalks
- Topic
- web scalability
- Format
- talk
- Level
- intermediate
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 3
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2008–2013
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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wave on Hacker News · 2008-07
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rosariom on Hacker News · 2011-01
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