Schedule - PGConf.EU 2017
Mastodon: new federated social network built on PostgreSQL
Date: 2017-10-27
Time: 10:50–11:40
Room: Baltic I
Level: Beginner
Example application built on PostgreSQL: a microblogging social network that experienced very fast growth for up ca. 800 000 users on 1200 federated nodes.
- Introduction to Mastodon, new implementation of OStatus/identi.ca/GNU Social family of protocols
- Architecture: Ruby on Rails, Node, Redis, PostgreSQL
- Challenges for database design
- Optimization of the Active Record record application
This is an overview how a one-man development grows into a larger and more capable application. Examples how PostgreSQL facilitated bootstrap and let developers build upon a quick dirty solution.
