Building a scalable content creation app

Jul 1, 2020 4 Comments

Hello everyone,

What are the skillset to build a scalable content creation app (Tiktok,Youtube etc). I have skills and experience in software engineering, building apps and content (Games). However I don't have much knowledge in distributed systems, load balancing and other backend server related topics.

Where do I start and what all I need to know in the following topics if I want to have 10 profiles, able to create upload videos and have connections between them.

Language used :
Database used :
Distributed system techniques :
Other skills ?

Feel free to add any other skill I might require, Currently I have no other person working with me. I want to build a prototype before I can hunt for a team.

Thanks for your help ! #engineering #software #swe #systemdesign #distributedsystem

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  • Yelp
    56indian

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    56indian
    Forget about your custom distributed systems with no app. Get your product out there with AWS/GCP. When you get enough traffic, your AWS costs will tell you your next steps.

    If you just want a primer on the basics, I suggest reading designing data intensive applications by Martin Kleppman. Read the reference papers as well
    Jul 1, 2020 1
  • Amazon
    yYiM34

    Go to company page Amazon

    yYiM34
    Best bet is probably using AWS to do all the heavy lifting. Look into something like “developing a mobile app with AWS”. They have a whole platform that’ll get you started Witt users and databases etc and you should be able to choose from a variety of languages
    Jul 1, 2020 1