Tag: ruby on rails

  • For Twitter, New Server = Lower Latency

    For Twitter, New Server = Lower Latency

    After switching to a Java server called “Blender”, Twitter really cut down search latency. Good to see that they’re migrating away from Ruby over to a Java server. Hopefully this will allow them to continue to scale, and keep latencies low even in mega crunch times, such as natural disasters or political uprisings.. In the…