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Re:Sharding and IDs at Instagram by sirmiller on Monday October 03, 2011 @06:26PM (#3068422)
I just love how startups keep reinventing the wheel to solve problems that haven't been problems for decades.

Come on, 25 pics + 90 likes per second... that almost like... [wait for it]... nothing.

I'm pretty sure you got your number wrong.

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Re:Sharding and IDs at Instagram by sirmiller on Monday October 03, 2011 @06:29PM (#3068434)
Almost forgot: Sharding 101 "Always shard via directory..."
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