How We've Scaled Dropbox
Stanford · 5 HN recommendations
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Dropbox engineer Kevin Modzelewski gives a Stanford colloquium on Dropbox's history and the technical problems it faced scaling, including detailed database schema decisions.
Why HN recommends it: Recommended as a detailed, candid case study of scaling a real system from zero users to millions.
“I found the Dropbox lecture [1] at Stanford one of the most riveting things ever.” Read on HN ↗