From MySQL to Redis: Internet Scaling History and AI Lessons
generativist · x · 2026-08-28
A tweet about early internet scaling challenges sparks discussion. The author recalls 100x traffic growth from 1998-2003, leading to sites like Google and Wikipedia. Databases were bottlenecks; MySQL's single-machine limits and expensive disks led to tools like Redis. The thread draws parallels to modern AI infrastructure scaling.
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