I am really fascinated by the fact that a computer with 1000x faster processor and 100x more memory than 20 years ago can still feel slower, because of ads, bloatware, lazy programming -- it seems to capture the strengths and weaknesses of humanity in a nutshell
-
-
Except you will: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZK9aGQkk9w … (ok, parts might be C, but it still runs on a 1983 computer with less than 64k ram to go for tcp/ip and the twitter client). All of Con-tiki for 8bit cpus is quite awesome. Worth checking out if you use the word "impossible" a lot.
-
That’s fricken awesome—and I’m talking about the backend of Twitter too. Everything from the tweet database, to ops tools for load balancing & scaling, to tools for non-tech employees to manage TOS violation reports.
- 5 more replies
New conversation -
-
-
if there's a buyer...
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.
