If you’re a sports fan and like to track sports statistics and results, you’ve probably heard of Sofascore. The website started in 2010 and ran on a modest single server. It now has 25 million monthly active users, covers 20 different sports, 11,000 leagues and tournaments, and is available in over 30 languages.
Josip Stuhli has been with Sofascore for 13 years. He started there as an engineer and is currently CTO. Josip joins the show today to talk about the challenges Sofascore encountered over the years, and how the team solved them. He discusses dealing with traffic spikes from game days, structuring and restructuring the codebase, organizing the frontend and backend, and much more.
Sean’s been an academic, startup founder, and Googler. He has published works covering a wide range of topics from information visualization to quantum computing. Currently, Sean is Head of Marketing and Developer Relations at Skyflow and host of the podcast Partially Redacted, a podcast about privacy and security engineering. You can connect with Sean on Twitter @seanfalconer .Sponsorship inquiries: sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com
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