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BackendCassandra

The Architecture and Tech Stack Behind Discord

Discord serves hundreds of millions of registered users, handles trillions of stored messages, and routes voice traffic through over 850 servers across 30+ data centers. None of that runs on a single clever trick. It runs on a stack that has been replaced, migrated, and rewritten in pieces as each layer hit its ceiling.

SSon·Mar 18, 2026·11 min read

Book ReviewBusiness

The Engineering of a Monopoly: A Review of Peter Thiel’s Zero to One

As software engineers, we are taught to iterate, optimize, and scale. But Peter Thiel’s Zero to One argues that true progress doesn't come from a 10% improvement—it comes from creating something entirely new.

SSon·Jan 30, 2026·12 min read

Book ReviewHistory

The Ultimate Legacy Codebase: Why Every Engineer Should Read Sapiens

A look at Yuval Noah Harari’s Sapiens. If you want to understand the "software" that allowed humanity to conquer the globe, this book is the ultimate documentation.

SSon·Aug 15, 2025·4 min read