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Evolution of Tech and Infrastructure at AOL
The chapter delves into the speaker's experiences managing various platforms at AOL, reflecting on the transition from commercial Unix to Linux and the technical chaos within AOL's infrastructure. It discusses the challenges of coordinating different teams, transitioning to commodity hardware, and managing infrastructure during a migration onto a new platform. The narrative also explores the scale of AOL's machines, data centers, and capacity constraints during the early 2000s.