My Ramblings

Here are a few good lessons shared by StubHub.  There is a lot more information in the post but this is what caught my eye.

• Instrument requests so that a request can be traced through the entire stack
• There is nothing like failing to teach how to do things right
• Invest in continuous improvement by performing postmortems and ensuring that issues don't come up again
• Build operational valves into the system so that you can easily swap out components when needed
• Implement multiple solutions and have a bake-off in production to determine which version works better

http://highscalability.com/blog/2012/6/25/stubhub-architecture-the-surprising-complexity-behind-the-wo.html