[vodkaPong]

The architecture they have ended up with is similar to that described in Out of the Tar Pit, which describes how to remove as much complexity from software as possible.

By moving all state into SQLite they have implemented the "store state in relations" layer, and then written (as far as possible) functional code on top.

I've been thinking about how to make my software more like this so it's interesting to see Facebook are thinking along the same lines.

There's a lot of really good ideas in Out of the Tar Pit and I'd really recommend reading it.

[anthonybullard]

I'll be reading this know. Thanks for the rec!