Ask HN: Why does Reddit.com always complain about resources: Why not use GAE?

1 points_ques15y ago4 comments

Every week, I see a post or two about Reddit not being able to keep up with the growth due to lack of hardware.

Google AppEngine seems to have all the features they need, is cost effective, and is built for this kind of scaling. So why not use it?

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mikerhoads15y ago· 3 in thread

Google Appengine has a lot of limitations and is still sees frequent downtime. GAE is simply not a viable solution for a site with Reddit's traffic at this time.

rgbrgb15y ago

Actually, the bulk of those limitations are a thing of the past:

http://googleappengine.blogspot.com/2010/12/happy-holidays-f...

_quesOP15y ago

"Google Appengine has a lot of limitations"

Well, that is kind of exactly what this question is asking, right?

"and is still sees frequent downtime."

Ok, so downtime is a valid reason.

"GAE is simply not a viable solution for a site with reddit's traffic at this time."

Again, not sure if I can learn anything from this sentence.

mikerhoads15y ago

This was on the front page of HN a couple weeks ago and can answer better than me: http://www.carlosble.com/?p=719

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