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.

[–] sickmatter@fedia.io 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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

[–] ericjmorey@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] Gork@beehaw.org 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.

[–] Asifall@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Gotos all the way down

[–] democracy1984@lemmy.world 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.