Erlang Factory 2014 - That's 'Billion' with a 'B': Scaling to the Next Level at WhatsApp

Why it was recommended

watch this talk and imagine trying to recreate that system with only a handful of server engineers

Strong recommendationkornish · Original2017-07

What it covers

Rick Reed of WhatsApp explains at Erlang Factory 2014 how the service scaled to billions of messages with a very small engineering team. He covers the FreeBSD and Erlang. It is for someone who wants the derivation, proof, or implementation detail.

Video details

Channel

Erlang Solutions

Length

49 min 15 sec

Year

2014

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