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

How is that an example of bad code?

[–] PascalSausage@beehaw.org 9 points 1 year 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.

[–] sickmatter@fedia.io 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

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

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

[–] Gork@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] Asifall@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Gotos all the way down

[–] democracy1984@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

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