Scaling – RICON 2015

A talk about how scaling isn't simply a technology problem.

Transcript

1. SCALING
2. DUNCAN GRAZIER
3. SHOPKEEP
4. @ITSMEDUNCAN
5. I AM DEEPLY PASSIONATE ABOUT GROWING ENGINEERS AND TEAMS
6. Don't screw up — Mom
7. DON'T SCREW UP BUT WHEN YOU DO LEARN STUFF
8. SCALING IS A JOURNEY
9. ENGINEERING IS A JOURNEY
10. OVER-ENGINEERING
11. UNDER-ENGINEERING
12. ENGINEERING
13. WE'VE DONE ALL THREE OF THESE
14. ACT 1
15. LET'S REFLECT
22. DID WE EVER NEED TO UPDATE A SALE?
26. How do we build variant inventory tracking? — Engineers A
27. It is just a simple API...
28. We need to launch in Brazil by the end of the month! We will double revenue! — Business Development
29. WE CAN RUN RIAK IN BRAZIL
30. ENGINEERING IS GETTING IN THE WAY
31. ACT 2
32. LET'S REFLECT (AGAIN)
33. WE SHOULD HAVE BUILT A PROXY FIRST
34. WE SHOULDN'T HAVE SPRAWLED SO QUICKLY
35. YOUR ENGINEERS WILL BE CONFUSED & FRUSTRATED
36. YOU ARE GOING TO MAKE BAD CHOICES
37. YOUR DATA FITS IN MEMORY
38. YOU PROBABLY DON'T NEED TO UPDATE
39. DECIDE HOW SYNCHRONOUS YOUR SYSTEM NEEDS TO BE
40. HIDE COMPLEXITY BEHIND TOOLS
41. UNIFY APP TOOLING
42. RIAK IS EASY TO DEPLOY & RUN
43. BE STRICT
44. REWRITES INDICATE BAD ASSUMPTION
45. ALL NEW INFRASTRUCTURE WITH A MOSTLY NEW TEAM IS A HUGE CHALLENGE
46. DON'T TRY TO BOLT ON FEATURES
47. DEDICATE A TEAM TO OBSERVABILITY
48. EVERY SERVICE NEEDS A RESPONSIBLE ENGINEER
49. OVER-ENGINEERING HAS COSTS
50. SIMPLIFY SUCCESS: 3-5 KPIS
51. DOCUMENT EVERYTHING
52. HAVE A HEALTHY SKEPTICISM
53. BE PREPARED FOR THE
54. EMPOWER
55. START WITH A MONOLITH
56. ACT 3
57. EVOLVE
60. RIAK IS A TOOL
62. LET'S CHAT ABOUT HARD PROBLEMS
63. THANKS