Comments on: Twitter on its architecture: We can rebuild it. We have the technology.

By: A Payne in the Twitter Fail Whale’s side » VentureBeat

A Payne in the Twitter Fail Whale’s side » VentureBeat — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:32:15 +0000

[...] has done a good job answering questions about Twitter’s issues on the site’s blogs and apparently is pretty good as his actual job as [...]

By: No, you’re not driving away your Twitter friends, Twitter may be just cleaning house — or losing data » VentureBeat

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 19:00:54 +0000

[...] if Twitter was deleting spam accounts, but the company did just hire Pivotal Labs to help solve its woes. Those guys weren’t supposed to start until Monday, but perhaps they’re diving right in [...]

By: Pivotal Labs to help rebuild Twitter following persistent downtime issues » VentureBeat

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:28:39 +0000

[...] as it has continued to grow (not unlike ourselves, as our readers may have noticed earlier today). Twitter has recently improved, managing to mostly stay up during large events like Apple’s Worldide Developer Conference [...]

By: Can Twitter survive the WWDC Stevenote? » VentureBeat

Can Twitter survive the WWDC Stevenote? » VentureBeat — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 01:34:43 +0000

[...] of you may recognize that Twitter’s recent downtime issues are a result of its architectural problems exposed by its rapid growth. However, back in the day (that is, January and the preceding months), [...]

By: FriendFeed takes noisy tracks and makes a best-of collection » VentureBeat

FriendFeed takes noisy tracks and makes a best-of collection » VentureBeat — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 07:52:37 +0000

[...] and more popular because more and more people are using it. However, because of this popularity, fundamental flaws in its architecture have been exposed and the service is constantly [...]

By: scot hacker’s foobar blog » Notes on Twitter

scot hacker’s foobar blog » Notes on Twitter — Fri, 30 May 2008 07:37:07 +0000

[...] better. There are rumors that the rebuilt components are all written in PHP, though the company denies the rumors. Music: Minutemen :: No Parade Filed under: Blogging, Microblogging, Twitter @ 12:36 [...]

By: Twitter: Don’t blame Ruby, blame Scoble » VentureBeat

Twitter: Don’t blame Ruby, blame Scoble » VentureBeat — Fri, 30 May 2008 06:23:57 +0000

[...] One thing is for certain with all of Twitter’s recent issues. A lot of start-ups in the future are going to learn from mistakes made. Today’s post follows Payne’s post last week stating that Twitter wasn’t built to handle its current usage. [...]

By: Twitter: Still not working, but explaining why on Twitter Status blog » VentureBeat

Thu, 29 May 2008 04:52:54 +0000

[...] company to provide quick updates when something breaks — or as the case may be, something is fixed. That was in fact the case tonight as Twitter announced that the pagination feature of the site had [...]

By: The only thing Twitter has to fear, is Twitter itself » VentureBeat

The only thing Twitter has to fear, is Twitter itself » VentureBeat — Sun, 25 May 2008 06:20:39 +0000

[...] culminating in an admission that it isn’t sure what is wrong and that it will basically need to be re-built. As anyone who has read any of my dozen or so posts about Twitter over the past couple weeks will [...]

By: WinExtra » The Twitter Obligation

WinExtra » The Twitter Obligation — Fri, 23 May 2008 22:58:56 +0000

[...] Internet time is a purely subjective measurement. So following a couple of excellent posts by MG Siegler at VentureBeat and Nik Cubrilovic at TechCrunch where they both talked about Twitter coming clean for a change [...]