<story><title>Reddit: 2012 State of the Servers</title><url>http://blog.reddit.com/2012/01/january-2012-state-of-servers.html</url><text></text></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>gameshot911</author><text>Having no experience with database/website administration myself, I&apos;m struck by just how &lt;i&gt;little&lt;/i&gt; I&apos;m able to translate the works and concepts in this post into actual, manual labor.&lt;p&gt;For each and every thing that Jason talked about...upgrading Cassandra, moving off EBS, embarking on self-heal and auto-scale projects...what took the reader a few seconds to read and cognise undoubtedly represented hours and hours of work on the part of the Reddit admins.&lt;p&gt;I guess it&apos;s just the nature of the human mind.  I don&apos;t think I could ever fully appreciate the amount of work that goes into &lt;i&gt;any&lt;/i&gt; project unless I&apos;ve been through it myself (and even then, the brain is awesome at minimizing the memory of pain).  So Reddit admins, if you&apos;re reading this, while I certainly can&apos;t fully appreciate the amount of labor and life-force you&apos;ve dedicated to the site, I honestly do appreciate it, and I wish you guys nothing but success in the future!</text></comment>
<story><title>Reddit: 2012 State of the Servers</title><url>http://blog.reddit.com/2012/01/january-2012-state-of-servers.html</url><text></text></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>thought_alarm</author><text>It reminds me of Slashdot circa 1998/99, back when we watched those guys grow their then-new-found popularity out of a dorm-room Linux box; at a time when the web was a mere fraction of the size it is today.&lt;p&gt;Godspeed, reddit.  You&apos;re on the right track.</text></comment>