Re:Disqus: Scaling the World’s Largest Django Application
by mmt on Tuesday February 22, 2011 @05:25PM
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This stuff isn't taught per se, you learn it bit by bit as you solve each problem that you face.
Some of it is taught. I learned about HAproxy second-hand, before any problem had to be solved.
I do agree that much of this has to be learned initially through experience, but I also believe much of it can be taught. Teaching it in a classroom wouldn't work, though, as Ops only exists when there's something to operate.
It's my perpetual dilemma: few startups have enough [1] scale to warrant having a senior enough sysadmin to be a mentor, let alone another one or two more junior ones, but large companies are awkward environments for experimentation.
Some of it is taught. I learned about HAproxy second-hand, before any problem had to be solved.
I do agree that much of this has to be learned initially through experience, but I also believe much of it can be taught. Teaching it in a classroom wouldn't work, though, as Ops only exists when there's something to operate.
It's my perpetual dilemma: few startups have enough [1] scale to warrant having a senior enough sysadmin to be a mentor, let alone another one or two more junior ones, but large companies are awkward environments for experimentation.
I try and dump some bits of wisdom/experience to my blog. Shameless plug: http://blog.maxkalashnikov.com
[1] Even Disqus is borderline in terms of traffic. Moore's law and even its more linear corollary for I/O can take one a long way.