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Re: Obama Campaign AWS Infrastructure In One Diagram

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That is your logic? I don't care if this infrastructure could send Obama back in time; it doesn't mean it is right for your needs. Some people glorify "successful" architectures, but it is at least as important (if not more so) to pay attention to your particulars.

Re: Obama Campaign AWS Infrastructure In One Diagram

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Previous Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5542368

The diagram follows the style of the AWS Reference Architectures[0]. I have yet to find a published set of diagram components that compare well to that style.

Edit: Juan Domenech[1] has a small custom made component pallet in png form. And, it looks like the original diagrams are custom Adobe Illustrator drawings[2].

[0] http://aws.amazon.com/architecture/

[1] http://blog.domenech.org/2012/06/aws-diagrams-palette-v10.ht...

[2] http://blog.domenech.org/2012/05/aws-diagrams.html

Re: Obama Campaign AWS Infrastructure In One Diagram

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Man, I didn't realize big sites were this complex under the hood. That site wasn't even complicated; if I recall correctly it was just some info pages and payment. I don't know anything about backend stuff. All my projects are like this:

[traffic] -> [hosted server] -> [Amazon CloudFront files]

Re: Obama Campaign AWS Infrastructure In One Diagram

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Man, I didn't realize big sites were this complex under the hood. That site wasn't even complicated; if I recall correctly it was just some info pages and payment. I don't know anything about backend stuff. All my projects are like this: [traffic] -> [hosted server] -> [Amazon CloudFront files]

I believe this includes all of their internal tools for campaigning and organizing and suchlike, not just the public website.
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