http://eugeneletuchy.sys-con.com/ Latest News from Eugene Letuchy en Copyright 2009 Ulitzer.com Ulitzer.com Fri, 04 Dec 2009 03:12:53 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss 360 http://eugeneletuchy.sys-con.com/node/634250 One of the things I like most about working at Facebook is the ability to launch products that are (almost) immediately used by millions of people. Unlike a three-guys-in-a-garage startup, we don't have the luxury of scaling out infrastructure to keep pace with user growth; when your feature's userbase will go from 0 to 70 million practically overnight, scalability has to be baked in from the start. The project I'm currently working on, Facebook Chat, offered a nice set of software engineering challenges.<p><a href="http://eugeneletuchy.sys-con.com/node/634250" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Wed, 06 Aug 2008 09:00:00 EDT http://eugeneletuchy.sys-con.com/node/634250 http://eugeneletuchy.sys-con.com/node/634250#feedback