HHVM at Etsy - Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger

YouTube·PHP UK Conference

Explore Etsy's journey to scale their API cluster 20x through a comprehensive conference talk from the PHP UK Conference. Dive into the infrastructure team's decision to migrate to HHVM after observing a promising 5x increase in throughput. Learn about the challenges faced during deployment and operationalization of HHVM, despite the initial ease of code migration. Gain insights into the strategies and solutions implemented to overcome these obstacles and achieve significant performance improvements. Discover how Etsy leveraged HHVM to meet their ambitious scaling goals and the lessons learned throughout the process.