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Sachin Kulkarni Describes the Architecture Behind Facebook Live

https://www.infoq.com/podcasts/sachin-kulkarni-facebook-live

by chhum • 9 years ago

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mempko• 9 years ago

I think the most interesting part to me is that the infrastructure is written in C++. With over a billion active users, this is likely a huge cost savings for them.

nimchimpsky• 9 years ago

in what way ?

sigjuice• 9 years ago

How does "infrastructure in C++" translate to huge cost savings?

FrozenVoid• 9 years ago

C++ is faster and takes less memory than any interpreted language and most compiled languages. C++ will also simplify to C in most optimizations, which can strip away C++ cruft without removing type safety of c++.

rebelidealist• 9 years ago

FB Live works really well but the playback for regular videos often gets stuck on the FB mobile. Not seeing the same problem on youtube or the mobile web version of FB.

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