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Megathread for Reddit Blackouts and News - Week 1 (beehaw.org)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hey everyone. If you want to post links or discuss the Reddit blackout, please localize it to this thread in order to keep things tidy!

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

How is that an example of bad code?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago

Honestly, it’s probably not - if I’m actually right this is likely an issue that Reddit’s engineers never predicted would happen so never planned for it. I was being hyperbolic.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It's not reactive. A proper reactive system can handle fluctuations in usage patterns more robustly.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm having a hard time believing the claim that Reddit's code isn't reactive.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Wouldn't be surprised if it's just a gigantic mess of nested if-else statements.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Gotos all the way down

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Maybe, but this was a huge increase in usage. Reddit never expected to deal with anywhere near thousands of subs going private simultaneously.