What Powers Instagram: Hundreds of Instances, Dozens of Technologies

Re:What Powers Instagram: Hundreds of Instances, Dozens of T... by gallerytungsten on Friday December 02, 2011 @10:35PM (#3306815)

Funding Total: $7.5M (per techcrunch)

Server bill: $35k/month, $420k/year, per estimates in other comments.

Personnel, overhead, other expenses: $1.5M/year (guess).

Runway: 3.9 years to figure it out.

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Re:What Powers Instagram: Hundreds of Instances, Dozens of T... by Ecio78 on Saturday December 03, 2011 @08:23AM (#3307683)

dumb question: is there a way to pay Amazon for AWS fees except for credit card? 'cause i was wondering how can you create big infrastructures on Amazon if you cant pay by wire transfer or some other kind of link to a bank account (like phone and gas bills)

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Re:What Powers Instagram: Hundreds of Instances, Dozens of T... by camwest on Saturday December 03, 2011 @08:30AM (#3307702)

American Express has no limit as long as you pay it back ASAP.

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Re:What Powers Instagram: Hundreds of Instances, Dozens of T... by hboon on Sunday December 04, 2011 @10:26AM (#3310827)

Generally yes, but a country's central bank may prohibit that. Singapore's for example does that.

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Re:What Powers Instagram: Hundreds of Instances, Dozens of T... by Ecio78 on Saturday December 03, 2011 @09:20AM (#3307784)

i dont know if i'll have/use without fears a credit card with no limits... :)

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