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Boss: I need to know how much resources a server would need to serve 20000 users at the same time

Me: Sure, can I see the webapp?

B: There's not one yet

M: Ok, can I see its documentation then?

B: There is none

M: But ot depends on the programming language, libraries used, what kin-

B: It's an e-commerce. Try browsing Amazon and see how much they nees to handle the page requests.

Me: *still processing* wh-

Boss: I have to give an estimate to a client within 30 minutes. Hurry.

So.... Uh... I guess i have to hack Amazon now?

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  • 20
    Can you quit? You're working for a dumbass.
  • 7
    @BrianK As soon as I find something with a decent wage.
  • 13
    20,000 simultaneous users ?? That’s like 1 million total users, if not more, and the app doesn’t exist yet.
  • 9
    *Mark Cuban voice* And for that reason, I'm out.
  • 4
    @Floydian Yup, that's the only way to keep going on! The hardest part is not to burst out laughing sometimes.
  • 2
    Also thing like tbat don't go on single servers anymore. GCP or AWS is the way to go, or some private cloud using K9s, OpenStack or similar
    Especially if you're building from the ground up, everything else is a shoot in the foot
  • 1
    @Floydian Come on, come on! We're all here for that, after all :D
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