links for 2007-04-17

• API Documentation – Twitter Development Talk | Google Groups
  Twitter exposes some of its functionality via an Application Programming Interface (API). This document is a reference for that functionality, and aims to serve as a reference for developers building tools that talk to Twitter.
  (tags: twitter api development programmign reference webservices rest)
• 5 Question Interview with Twitter Developer Alex Payne
  “I reached out to one of the developers on the Twitter team and asked if he would answer 5 questions. Alex not only answered them but is very honest and up front with his answers.”
  (tags: architecture scaling twitter rails ruby performance rubyonrails)
• Twitter trouble (Loud Thinking)
  “Scaling is the act of removing bottlenecks. When you remove one bottleneck (like application code execution), you tend to reveal another (like database queries). That’s natural and means you’re making progress.”
  (tags: architecture performance scalability scaling rubyonrails ruby twitter rails)

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