Why Discord Keeps Rewriting Its Stack
Discord rewrote their stack multiple times. Elixir for real-time messaging. Python for APIs. Go for microservices. MongoDB for storage. Electron for desktop. Standard startup choices. Ship fast, figure out the rest later. 5 million users. MongoDB couldn't keep up. Switched to Cassandra. 12 nodes. Wo
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