Usually we think of scaling in a positive way (growth, doing more better bigger), but there are downsides:
This game was particularly hard to play for us, since Blogger was hosted software (I mean, in the cloud), unlike most of the tools we were competing against. The operational and engineering challenge was that we had to build features that scaled to all our users. And when we wanted to change something, all the users had to accept that change.
Read more at Ev Williams’ Medium post.
Among the things I’ve learned this week:
* Licensed hummingbird banders (Courtesy: Garden & Gun)
* Peter Falk’s life. (Courtesy: Wikipedia)
* A few details, like the hidden radiator/plate warmer, about Fallingwater. (Courtesy: Fallingwater)
Among the things I’ve learned this week:
* Wasabi is traditionally grated using a sharkskin grater, called oroshigane (Courtesy: Sushi Nakazawa)
* Olde Salt Oysters are darn tasty. (Courtesy: Cafe Boulud)
* Leather water buckets and the New York City Fire Museum. (Courtesy: NYT)