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Werner Vogels

11/12/18

@ Y Combinator

To improve innovation, we moved to a microservices architecture, allowing teams to manage their own data stores and reducing reliance on centralized resources.

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YC

A Conversation with Werner Vogels

@ Y Combinator

11/12/18

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Werner Vogels

11/12/18

@ Y Combinator

Despite the benefits of microservices, we noticed a decline in team effectiveness as they became bogged down with shared infrastructure management.

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Travis Kalanick

10/25/13

@ Y Combinator

As we expanded to other cities, we found that our operations became more efficient and the technology improved, leading to better service.

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Vlad Tenev

05/24/24

@ The Logan Bartlett Show

To maintain brand consistency across different services, we centralize design and marketing while allowing product teams to operate independently.

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Werner Vogels

11/12/18

@ Y Combinator

Transitioning to a service-oriented architecture involved breaking down the monolith into independent services, which took two to three years to implement due to the lack of historical precedents.

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Tom Bilyeu Cast

06/01/23

@ Tom Bilyeu

The best way to foster innovation is to create small, agile teams that operate at the edges of the organization.

YC

Y Combinator Cast

12/07/20

@ Y Combinator

We have a microservices architecture that allows us to swap components in and out easily, using Objective-C++ on iOS and JNI on Android for bridging.

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Sequoia Capital Cast

12/05/24

@ Sequoia Capital

We leveraged early cloud infrastructure and open-source software to manage costs effectively, even before major cloud providers like AWS existed.

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Sam Altman

11/09/24

@ Y Combinator

We focused on one approach rather than spreading our resources too thin, which is a key takeaway for startups.

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Werner Vogels

11/12/18

@ Y Combinator

Building independent teams is crucial for fast-moving companies; we aim to reduce hierarchy and empower individuals to take ownership of their work.