Architecture

Getting serious with versioned APIs in Scala

February 10, 2014 Brian Pugh 0 Comments

Abstract Lucidchart is a collaborative diagramming SaaS application. This session’s speakers have been transitioning from a monolithic CakePHP application to a services-oriented RESTful system based solely on Scala. They discuss their decision to ditch PHP and how they ended up with a working set of services. First, they explain their…

Scaling a startup with database sharding

April 12, 2013 Brian Pugh 0 Comments

For months now, the business team at Lucidchart has been overhearing discussions of “sharding” from the other end of the office. As a curious tech geek, I wanted to know what was going on. I ended up cornering Brian Pugh, VP of Engineering, and Matthew Barlocker, Chief Architect, to interrogate…

Using Scala to handle exponential growth at a startup (Part 2)

February 13, 2013 Brian Pugh 3 Comments

As a follow-up to our previous Scala post about migrating to Scala from a CakePHP setup, Typesafe reached out to us to put together a case study. We are releasing a portion of the interview transcript below to give more specifics about why we decided to make the switch. What…

Using Scala to handle exponential growth at a startup

December 18, 2012 Brian Pugh 0 Comments

Today’s post is an interview with our VP of Engineering, Brian Pugh.  As Lucidchart transitions away from PHP,  we thought it might benefit the development community to have one of our in-house experts make the case for Scala as the best solution for web-based applications. What kind of shop are…