Celestino Bellone
@cbellone.bsky.social
'The ticket guy' / Chief Ticketing Officer @alf.io
/ Chief Everything Officer @swicket.io
. Biggest fan of @raffaellar.bsky.social
/ Chief Everything Officer @swicket.io
. Biggest fan of @raffaellar.bsky.social
@kevindubois.com it would be great to discuss about the architecture in Antwerp and see where we can make it better!! 😁
August 12, 2025 at 5:19 AM
@kevindubois.com it would be great to discuss about the architecture in Antwerp and see where we can make it better!! 😁
Plus, the heavy load lasts ~30s or less, so IMO adding pod autoscaling into the mix could do more harm than good, as the database would become the bottleneck...
August 12, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Plus, the heavy load lasts ~30s or less, so IMO adding pod autoscaling into the mix could do more harm than good, as the database would become the bottleneck...
Since the work is mostly done by the database (see ticketguy.dev/blogs/2023-0..., old but still relevant), we usually need 4-5 pods distributed among the k8s cluster nodes, as Alf.io works reasonably well with moderate resources (1/2)
Behind the Scenes of Devoxx Ticket Sales
How we managed the high load of registrations for Devoxx Belgium
ticketguy.dev
August 12, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Since the work is mostly done by the database (see ticketguy.dev/blogs/2023-0..., old but still relevant), we usually need 4-5 pods distributed among the k8s cluster nodes, as Alf.io works reasonably well with moderate resources (1/2)