large scale with low tech
summary
SaveTheInternet.in is a static page served from Heroku that lets users BCC a single inbox netneutralityindia@gmail.com and send mail themselves which scales without servers static page; 2.5 million visitors generate about 1 million emails and the campaign ends up using 62 Gmail accounts to avoid rate limits; volunteers download a 60 GB IMAP archive, hand it off on a thumb drive, and outsiders scrape and publish the messages; cost is essentially zero rupees apart from the domain and the system works despite being intentionally low tech.
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chapters (6)
- 0:00Introduction
- 3:37Low-tech scalability design
- 10:25Gmail rate limits handling
- 15:40TRAI data release aftermath
- 20:32Power of simplicity
- 20:56Q&A
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