Links for Monday 13 February 2012

High Scalability - High Scalability - Tumblr Architecture - 15 Billion Page Views a Month and Harder to Scale than Twitter: Amazingly detailed description of how Tumblr scales. I don’t understand half of this but it sounds exciting. (via @simonw)
Ralph Lauren Purple Label: Taking apart a $4,625 Ralph Lauren coat. Fascinating, and I’d love to read more things like this.
Open Mike: Grumpy’s World: I love this exchange. It’s like dialogue from a play or movie that I would be enthusiastic about.
Recliner Chairs | Scandinavian Comfort Chairs: These don’t look beautiful (scroll down for the varieties) but having tried one, they are very, very comfortable.
A Case Against Using CoffeeScript ☃ Ryan Florence Online: I’ve never used CoffeeScript, but I just enjoy reading nicely-written articles about code like this. (via Dotcode)

13 Feb 2012 at Twitter

10:44am: Anyone looking for a desk to rent in Silicon Roundabout’s glamorous London? We have a space to share with @riglondon, @makielab and co.
11:50am: “Theme From The Bodyguard” is probably taking things a bit far.
11:53am: @dotcode Do you live above a plague pit?
12:40pm: @schulze Excellent, congratulations to all four of you!