Small teams optimize; rich companies throw servers at it
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their answer to that is not is not optimize the algorithm their answer is throw 12 more servers
Episode 69: All Aboard! (episode page, opens in a new tab) 01:16:08 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)
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Summary
Agreeing that the RSS polling system wastes a lot of money, Dave contrasts Marco Arment, who spent years refining Overcast's feed-checking because every dollar counts, with companies like Apple. They have so much money that their answer is to add more servers instead of optimizing.