> The Stack That Helped Medium Drive 2.6 Millennia of Reading Time
> For a site as seemingly simple as Medium, it may be surprising how much complexity is behind the scenes. It’s just a blog, right? You could probably knock something out using Rails in a couple of days. :)
> In past lives I’ve raced snowboards, jumped out of planes, and lived in the jungle.
Looking past the annoying, "look how cool we are" tone, I do appreciate their sharing what they use.
As I said above, this was from a bio question that got elided during editing. I didn't want to be completely defined by my work, but at the same time didn't want to be overly verbose talking about myself.
> For a site as seemingly simple as Medium, it may be surprising how much complexity is behind the scenes. It’s just a blog, right? You could probably knock something out using Rails in a couple of days. :)
> In past lives I’ve raced snowboards, jumped out of planes, and lived in the jungle.
Looking past the annoying, "look how cool we are" tone, I do appreciate their sharing what they use.