I love hearing stories from "old" Walmart. I was a Walmartian from 2017 to 2019, and I still miss my co-workers. (Shout-out to the Mobile Client team.)
Some interesting facts to know for those who don't dig into it. Walmart:
- has 80+ internal apps, mostly variants but still unique
- runs k8s inside of Distribution Centers
- maintains a fleet of >180k mobile devices in the US alone
- has a half-dozen data centers in the US
- has most International infrastructure seperate from US Stores'
I've got some stories of my own, maybe I'll post them in a bit.
Wow, that's a hell of a change! When I left in 2009, there were exactly two datacenters: NDC and EDC. Not surprising really.
From where I was sitting, the best era was definitely 1997-2004 or so. ISD really went down hill, pretty quickly, in my last five years there, for many different reasons.
Some interesting facts to know for those who don't dig into it. Walmart: - has 80+ internal apps, mostly variants but still unique - runs k8s inside of Distribution Centers - maintains a fleet of >180k mobile devices in the US alone - has a half-dozen data centers in the US - has most International infrastructure seperate from US Stores'
I've got some stories of my own, maybe I'll post them in a bit.