@internetarchive Jings.
I was today years old when I learned that Twitter was built on MySQL.
Interesting choice.
When I designed the canvassing system for #ScottishIndependence #IndyRef2, I designed in geographic sharding because I didn't think we could reliably run canvassing software for canvassers across the whole of Scotland -- a much smaller problem than worldwide microblogging -- on one #Postrgres instance.
https://git.journeyman.cc/simon/youyesyet/src/branch/master/doc/specification/scaling.md


















