Nothing about any sort of encryption.
How Discord Stores Billions of Messages (2017)
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Re: How Discord Stores Billions of Messages (2017)
#72We're actively hiring for our storage infrastructure team (SF or remote) ! If this sounds interesting, check us out!
Re: How Discord Stores Billions of Messages (2017)
#73With privacy concerns, companies should be shamed for storing billions of messages.
> With privacy concerns, companies should be shamed for storing billions of messages. should we shame ycombinator for storing the messages, accounts and comments on hacker news then? I am still unable to delete my account here even though the CCPA and the GDPR exists. But here we are.
Honest question: could it be argued that HN does not store any PII and therefore does not need to let you delete your account ?
Re: How Discord Stores Billions of Messages (2017)
#74Discord had like $300M invested and they created unparalleled piece of software that ate whole market, damn. One of the most impressive softwares that I've seen and use after years of using ventrilo/mumble/teamspeak.
I've also noticed that in a lot of tech-related social circles people are increasingly choosing Discord over Slack. That's a trend I totally didn't expect: at least until a few years ago it was clear that Discord was for gamers and Slack was for work and everyone else. That changed quickly. Impressive indeed!
They also pivoted their marketing message away from being "for gamers" and towards anyone who wanted "a place to hang out," like developer groups or high schoolers.
Re: How Discord Stores Billions of Messages (2017)
#75Discord had like $300M invested and they created unparalleled piece of software that ate whole market, damn. One of the most impressive softwares that I've seen and use after years of using ventrilo/mumble/teamspeak.
I've also noticed that in a lot of tech-related social circles people are increasingly choosing Discord over Slack. That's a trend I totally didn't expect: at least until a few years ago it was clear that Discord was for gamers and Slack was for work and everyone else. That changed quickly. Impressive indeed!
Well, slack is extremely expensive IMO, so I'm not surprised
Re: How Discord Stores Billions of Messages (2017)
#76Earlier quoted context omitted.
Did they make the move to ScyllaDB, as mentioned in their "Future work" section?
Their jobs pages (e.g. [0]) mention "ScyllaDB/Cassandra". [0] Senior Site Reliability Engineer: https://discord.com/jobs/4004051002
Re: How Discord Stores Billions of Messages (2017)
#77Discord had like $300M invested and they created unparalleled piece of software that ate whole market, damn. One of the most impressive softwares that I've seen and use after years of using ventrilo/mumble/teamspeak.
I've also noticed that in a lot of tech-related social circles people are increasingly choosing Discord over Slack. That's a trend I totally didn't expect: at least until a few years ago it was clear that Discord was for gamers and Slack was for work and everyone else. That changed quickly. Impressive indeed!
Slack uses a language that is like markdown, but is not markdown, which is annoying for engineers.
Slack does not support syntax highlighting of code blocks.
Discord uses proper markdown and supports syntax highlighting.
These are two things that make me think Discord is better specifically for engineers, aside from it just being generally way better.
Re: How Discord Stores Billions of Messages (2017)
#78This is like a masterclass in how to answer system design questions. Maybe a bit verbose. They cover requirements, how to answer those requirements, relevant tech for the problem, implementation, and techniques for maintenance
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Re: How Discord Stores Billions of Messages (2017)
#79Discord had like $300M invested and they created unparalleled piece of software that ate whole market, damn. One of the most impressive softwares that I've seen and use after years of using ventrilo/mumble/teamspeak.
Honestly, I find discord super frustrating. Can't have multiple chats open at the same time, can't close the right rail, etc. It's UX is subpar in almost every way that matters to me. I use it because _everyone_ uses it, not because I want to.
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Re: How Discord Stores Billions of Messages (2017)
#80Earlier quoted context omitted.
I've also noticed that in a lot of tech-related social circles people are increasingly choosing Discord over Slack. That's a trend I totally didn't expect: at least until a few years ago it was clear that Discord was for gamers and Slack was for work and everyone else. That changed quickly. Impressive indeed!
At my work we use Discord to have virtual "desks" (really just audio channels) so people can drop by and chat while you are at your desk. If you're busy or don't wish to be disturbed you can 'lock' your desk to prevent people from joining it (it limits the room size to 1, aka just you). It really has helped the social factor of moving nearly everyone in the office to remote working. Every department that has adopted…
Slack implemented something similar called Huddles, but I think is for paid plans only. I personally think Slack calls quality in general are much worse than other services or platforms like Discord or Meets/etc, so I don't know if it'll really help reaching people and companies that are using alternatives for voice.