This is a guest repost by Rotem Hermon, former Chief Architect for serendip.me, on the architecture and scaling considerations behind making a startup music service. serendip.me is a social music service that helps people discover great music shared by their friends, and also introduces them to their “music soulmates” - people outside their immediate social circle that shares a similar taste in mu
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