Pragmatic Dictator

And I quote:

“Project Darkstar is a research effort focused on the design of massive-scale, latency-optimized systems like online games. Written entirely in the Java programming language, the server platform provides a simple but powerful interface for defining server-side application logic. It takes care of persistence, load balancing, consistency and communications, leaving developers free to focus on their applications.

As of Fall 2006 we are in the final stages of a re-design and implementation of the system. Check back here soon for new details, programming interfaces, and news about public releases. ”

There’s some pretty serious people involved in that effort one of whom I was talking to over email earlier today, sounds like they’re doing some fun stuff.

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Manny is by his own admission a “pretty pictures guy” hence his interest in web clients, Ajax, REST etc.

His first posting covers the basics of the Betfair business model which will set the scene for future tech postings and discussion of the brutal challenges Betfair faces (expect to see some serious performance numbers).

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Well maybe – I certainly wouldn’t run Windows on a Thumper as they have over at Johns Hopkins but the tests are interesting for a couple of reasons:

1. They represent what might well have been one of Jim Gray‘s last pieces of work.
2. There’s a headline figure of 9Ktps for an approximation of a large scale bank account processing system.

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