Mullenweg: Automattic cut Tumblr's server fleet from 6,000 to 800
Matt Mullenweg · #100 Matt Mullenweg: Collaboration Is Key · Jan 5, 2021 · at 19:02
Matt Mullenweg, CEO of Automattic, details the infrastructure optimization and cost reduction executed after acquiring Tumblr from Verizon Media.
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“We ended up reducing that to about 800. So we went from 6000 servers to 800 and part of that was, you know, doing a lot of engineering work to bring things on to sort of what we've learned with best practices and being super duper frugal with everything we build.”
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