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Sportlobster & Stream: Scaling the No.1 Online Sports Community

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Technology Category	Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Application Development Platforms
Applicable Functions	Maintenance
Challenge	Sportlobster, the leading online sports community, was facing a significant challenge as it grew. The platform, which allows sports fans to engage in discussions, stay updated with personalized news, live scores, and predict results, was initially built on an in-house solution. However, as the user base expanded, the company started encountering limitations at scale. The in-house solution was unable to handle the increasing volume of feed updates, which was crucial for maintaining user engagement and providing a seamless experience. The challenge was to find a solution that could safely scale to billions of feed updates without compromising on speed or reliability. Read More
About Customer	Sportlobster is a leading online sports community platform founded in 2013 by Andy Meikle, Arron Shepherd, and Nico Cary. The platform fuels the passion of sports fans by allowing them to engage in conversations, stay updated with personalized news and live scores, and predict results on a wide range of sports. Over the years, Sportlobster has grown to become the number one online sports community. The platform is accessible via web, Android, and iOS, and has a growing user base that engages in billions of feed updates. Read More
Solution	To overcome the scaling challenge, Sportlobster decided to move their platform to Stream. Stream is a scalable solution that could handle billions of feed updates, ensuring that Sportlobster could continue to grow without worrying about technical limitations. The transition to Stream involved using a combination of aggregated and ranked feeds. The aggregated feeds allowed for a comprehensive view of all updates, while the ranked feeds helped in prioritizing the updates based on their relevance and popularity. The integration with Stream was smooth and efficient, with the Sportlobster feed showing both recent and popular 'lobs'. Stream's extensive feature set also allowed Sportlobster to easily adapt to changing product requirements with simple code modifications. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Application Development Platforms

Applicable Functions

Maintenance

Challenge

Sportlobster, the leading online sports community, was facing a significant challenge as it grew. The platform, which allows sports fans to engage in discussions, stay updated with personalized news, live scores, and predict results, was initially built on an in-house solution. However, as the user base expanded, the company started encountering limitations at scale. The in-house solution was unable to handle the increasing volume of feed updates, which was crucial for maintaining user engagement and providing a seamless experience. The challenge was to find a solution that could safely scale to billions of feed updates without compromising on speed or reliability.

About Customer

Sportlobster is a leading online sports community platform founded in 2013 by Andy Meikle, Arron Shepherd, and Nico Cary. The platform fuels the passion of sports fans by allowing them to engage in conversations, stay updated with personalized news and live scores, and predict results on a wide range of sports. Over the years, Sportlobster has grown to become the number one online sports community. The platform is accessible via web, Android, and iOS, and has a growing user base that engages in billions of feed updates.

Solution

To overcome the scaling challenge, Sportlobster decided to move their platform to Stream. Stream is a scalable solution that could handle billions of feed updates, ensuring that Sportlobster could continue to grow without worrying about technical limitations. The transition to Stream involved using a combination of aggregated and ranked feeds. The aggregated feeds allowed for a comprehensive view of all updates, while the ranked feeds helped in prioritizing the updates based on their relevance and popularity. The integration with Stream was smooth and efficient, with the Sportlobster feed showing both recent and popular 'lobs'. Stream's extensive feature set also allowed Sportlobster to easily adapt to changing product requirements with simple code modifications.

Impact #1	The transition to Stream has brought several qualitative benefits to Sportlobster. The feeds are not only fast but also reliable, with an uptime of 99.99%. This reliability ensures a seamless user experience, which is crucial for maintaining user engagement and retention. The solution is also maintenance-free, freeing up resources for Sportlobster to focus on other aspects of their platform. Additionally, Stream's solid documentation and advanced features such as ranked feeds have helped Sportlobster to easily adapt to changing product requirements. The team is now looking to add several new features to improve the feed experience, demonstrating the flexibility and scalability of the Stream solution.

Impact #1

The transition to Stream has brought several qualitative benefits to Sportlobster. The feeds are not only fast but also reliable, with an uptime of 99.99%. This reliability ensures a seamless user experience, which is crucial for maintaining user engagement and retention. The solution is also maintenance-free, freeing up resources for Sportlobster to focus on other aspects of their platform. Additionally, Stream's solid documentation and advanced features such as ranked feeds have helped Sportlobster to easily adapt to changing product requirements. The team is now looking to add several new features to improve the feed experience, demonstrating the flexibility and scalability of the Stream solution.

Benefit #1	Feeds load extremely fast, on average in 20ms
Benefit #2	Stream's solution is significantly more affordable than building, maintaining, and hosting an in-house solution
Benefit #3	Stream provides 99.99% uptime, ensuring reliable service

Benefit #1

Feeds load extremely fast, on average in 20ms

Benefit #2

Stream's solution is significantly more affordable than building, maintaining, and hosting an in-house solution

Benefit #3

Stream provides 99.99% uptime, ensuring reliable service

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Sportlobster & Stream: Scaling the No.1 Online Sports Community

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