The main task of the infrastructure team at Replit is to ensure your Repls run well. A Repl can be thought of as a Linux container with a filesystem. To run Repls, we need to take care of several pieces of infrastructure: Virtual machines to run Repl containers on Databases to keep track of container and VM states Cloud storage to store Repl contents Reverse proxies to route HTTP requests| Replit Blog
At Replit, we operate a cloud-based infrastructure that allows developers to collaborate and create within an all-in-one, integrated development environment. One of the most significant parts of this experience is the latency perceived by the developer when interacting with the workspace. While we can always add resources such as CPU, RAM, and storage on demand, when tackling latency we have to deal with some fundamental physical limits such as the speed of light. This means that you can only...| Replit Blog