Rick Reed - WhatsApp: Half a billion unsuspecting FreeBSD users

Why it was recommended

Their technology stack (FreeBSD/Erlang) is pretty interesting, more info here: 2014 talks by Rick Reed

Recommendationddeck · Original2016-05

What it covers

Rick Reed of WhatsApp speaks at MeetBSD about running a messaging service on FreeBSD and Erlang at huge scale. He covers the stack, tuning and the challenges of millions of. It is for someone who wants the derivation, proof, or implementation detail.

Video details

Channel

iX

Length

54 min 14 sec

Year

2014

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