R. Tyler Croy

R. Tyler Croy, an infrastructure architect at Scribd and veteran open-source developer, discusses the staggering costs associated with managing billions of S3 objects. He reveals how normal assumptions break down under extreme scale and why engineering solutions are essential. Tyler emphasizes innovative data strategies, like packing files into Parquet, to minimize object counts and reduce expenses. He also explores how AI is transforming old documents into valuable assets, driving new storage priorities in a rapidly evolving tech landscape.