Yes, exactly. Put that way it sounds pretty bad, doesn't it? And to be fair, Tumblr likely uses caching, along with some tricks of their own -- I've seen some funny stuff happening. Also, GreenReaper makes good points above. This stuff isn't straightforward, and I haven't worked on services nearly that big.
The reason I'm being critical is twofold: one, I don't care how tricky the problem is, "clever" approaches will only make it worse; and two, this system has caused trouble for FA before (as pointed out in the article). Maybe, just maybe, it's a sign that this approach doesn't quite work for them?
Yes, exactly. Put that way it sounds pretty bad, doesn't it? And to be fair, Tumblr likely uses caching, along with some tricks of their own -- I've seen some funny stuff happening. Also, GreenReaper makes good points above. This stuff isn't straightforward, and I haven't worked on services nearly that big.
The reason I'm being critical is twofold: one, I don't care how tricky the problem is, "clever" approaches will only make it worse; and two, this system has caused trouble for FA before (as pointed out in the article). Maybe, just maybe, it's a sign that this approach doesn't quite work for them?