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How Pinterest Scaled to 11 Million Users With Only 6 Engineers

Learn about Pinterest's journey of scaling to 11 million users with only 6 engineers, including the four phases of their evolution, their core technologies for scalability, the choice between clustering and sharding, and the drawbacks and solutions of sharding.

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May 15, 2024•9m read time•From machine-learning-made-simple.medium.com
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How Pinterest Scaled to 11 Million Users With Only 6 EngineersA Roadmap of Pinterest’s EvolutionCore Technologies: Building Blocks of ScalabilityClustering vs Sharding: How to Scale the DatabaseMigrating to a Sharded ArchitectureThe Price of Sharding: Drawbacks and SolutionsWisdom Gained: Key Takeaways from Pinterest’s JourneyReach out to me
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