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instagram use postgresql and still web-scale (unless this was satire)
by leowoo91 2y ago
instagram use postgresql and still web-scale (unless this was satire)
- terafo 2y agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2F-DItXtZs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2F-DItXtZs
- plasma_beam 2y agoI have not watched that video since 2013 (wow!) and it is still hilarious.
- riku_iki 2y agothey obviously didn't use vanilla postgres, but built some custom sharding on top, which is untrivial task (implementation and maintenance(resharding, failover, replication, etc)).