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this post was submitted on 14 Apr 2024
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It's the dunk tank.
This is where you come to post big-brained hot takes by chuds, libs, or even fellow leftists, and tear them to itty-bitty pieces with precision dunkstrikes.
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I don't think he's totally wrong.
With 10 engineers one should be able to set up a Mastodon instance and scale it.
I think the issue comes when you look at all the functionality that is much more nuanced than just the bare technicals.
A good algorithm to maintain high engagement and display relevant content and relevant ads. Moderation to maintain a balance between an environment friendly for advertising without feeling censored.
And all the data analysis and UX testing to achieve that.
Building a Twitter clone is easy. Dominating the niche is hard.
Could something written in ruby handle the amount of traffic X gets?
Shopify and Github are examples of large web apps that come to mind. Granted, they aren't the world's town square, but I remember the "Ruby does not scale" meme and I feel like it's a bit overstated.