Polish Amazon Offers Deal So Good Their Servers Implode

A look into how Allegro, the Polish version of Amazon, handled a sudden surge of traffic due to a one-of-a-kind deal.
Sources:
blog.allegro.tech/2018/08/pos...
android.com.pl/sponsorowany/1...
www.gsmmaniak.pl/868392/honor...
antyweb.pl/honor-7c-za-1-zl-a...
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:17 Front-end
3:01 File descriptors
6:25 Reserved capacity
Corrections:
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Music:
- Cool Vibes by Kevin MacLeod
- Firecracker by LEMMiNO ( • LEMMiNO - Firecracker ... )
- Smooth by Silent Partner

[@PS3PCDJ]

0:22 "One Polish unit of currency" Bro, I can't

[@yorudansugaku7888]

aka "Oneonion"

[@aleksaaleksic4353]

Someone tell him ł is like english w

[@win_ini]

and y is like the I in pig​@@aleksaaleksic4353

[@bepowerification]

@@aleksaaleksic4353 no need to tell anyone anymore how to pronounce basic words. you can just go to google translate, paste the word and click the loudspeaker icon (in almost all cases)

[@alangamer50]

One of the first instances of this series where the problem wasn't caused by utter negligence and instead by a minor blunder. I mean, the engineers even pre-scaled their servers preparing for disaster

[@kubastachu9860]

Honestly Allegro is one of the best services considering the technology behind it. Starting with their own cloud infrastructure, which ironically in this case was the reason the cloud engineers recruited from working on other infrastructures might have hadn't the experience to scale properly.

[@mr.cauliflower3536]

​@@kubastachu9860Yeah. As for treatment of warehouse workers...

[@kubastachu9860]

@@mr.cauliflower3536 Allegro is a marketplace, where individual sellers list their offers. Warehouse workers in Poland don't have it that bad. Many employers who never thought of themselves as pickers or packers actually love working for Polish e-commerce businesses, because it's lightweight job. I have never heard of cases of exploitation attributed to amazon warehouses. There are also lots of logistics and fullfilment centers, as well as Allegro owns their official store and offers Allegro fulfillment to sellers recently, but as far as I know most logistics employees are fully satisfied with their job, many e-commerce owners also becoming delivery couriers and similar cases.

[@Murloc017]

@@mr.cauliflower3536 Allegro has it's own warehouses!? I thought it was more like e-bay.

[@mr.cauliflower3536]

@@Murloc017I think it has some, which would make sense with them offering free shipping.

[@dealloc]

I don't know Allegro or whether they have had any controversies but not only did they fix the issue within 25 minutes, they even gave vouchers for the very phone to people who couldn't make the purchase. Pretty darn good if you ask me.

[@YdenPL]

Yeah Allegro has pretty good customer support, handles shipping and returns extremely well, overall the experience is very good. I almost always use Allegro for online shopping, just because they make the shipping and returns easy.

[@YdenPL]

Yeah Allegro has pretty good customer support, handles shipping and returns extremely well, overall the experience is very good. I almost always use Allegro for online shopping, just because they make the shipping and returns easy.

[@kubastachu9860]

interesting how they were able to track down each single failed purchase even during an overload, innit?

[@Chromana]

@@kubastachu9860 Just because some services were failing doesn't mean all were. Perhaps the basket handling service was fine and registered a "checkout" event but the payment services were failing.

[@dealloc]

@@kubastachu9860 Queues are a marvellous thing :)

[@Real_Halo_MC]

Unironically one of the best channels out here

[@usernamechangeinprogress]

Oh yeah i agree this guy doesn't try hard to make us laugh he's just great!

[@olivercharles2930]

no

[@Real_Halo_MC]

@@olivercharles2930 nuh uh

[@internet_userr]

​@@olivercharles2930not like your channel's any better

[@falseui6004]

Agree

[@3rdalbum]

When I recently wrote a support ticket system for my department, I always had in the back of my mind "If this failed, what would be in Kevin Fang's video about it?" I can honestly say it made me more conscious about how I was designing the thing.

[@Airdel]

"probably it wasn't going to be that bad"

[@pdlbackup]

I love the amount of effort that goes into these videos. I literally sometimes have to rewind a bit just incase I missed a joke in the edit.

[@notlarvi]

didn't expect to see you there

[@hpfxd]

so true 🐟

[@notlarvi]

@@hpfxd i'm big fan hpf

[@rusnuker]

Kevin posted, the day is saved

[@MarylandResident]

Congrats on 100k. You still deserve many more.

[@TheWizard45134]

I love this!!

[@P4ncake_.]

As a pole I love how you just skipped reading the word "ZŁOTY" ❤️

[@Qoobon_]

I dont. He could just say PLN. People do sau USD after all

[@mysteriousluck]

@@Qoobon_ exactly, or he could have said how much it was worth in dollars when reading it at the start, as in "for around 25 cents", which would have fixed the issue _(and I'm from Poland too, I understand not knowing how to say something but he could have 1. learned how to say the single word or at least 2. just said PLN, as you said)_

[@illford6921]

​@@Qoobon_yeah but realistically this is such a minor issue and isn't wholly relevant to the point. You can switch it to any currency or even anything and it would work

[@bullshitman155]

@@mysteriousluck or you can get a sense of humour

[@sitdown.listen.3358]

Allegro is the best marketplace btw. Ebay or Amazon aren't even remotely close to be considered good in Poland and that's a fact 💪 My Allegro account is over 11 years old now with hundreds if not thousands of orders and I've never had ANY issue. Not even once. I've got such a big respect to them that you can't imagine. I always wondered why they haven't spread into European market.

[@marekd6763]

Nie spodziewałem się historii z Allegro na tym kanale :D

[@ThundaAaAaAaAaAh]

Chyba nikt się nie spodziewał i to jeszcze z polskimi źródłami

[@pecet]

Nasi tu są

[@nbudzinski]

@@pecet Zawsze byli

[@marekd6763]

@@pecet Brakuje tylko komentarza "Polska przejmuje ten film" ;)

[@xccr2]

No witam @@pecet

[@Cmanorange]

i'm glad you don't shy away from going into deeper explainations for common parts we take for granted. i know other youtubers mention that when they go more in depth retention falls, but i always enjoy learning in a new way. i already knew most of the file desc information but your explanation will make it easier for me to tell others how they work. keep it up kevin!

[@turtleidiot3324]

please never stop making videos. genuinely some of the funniest (at least to the IT niche) and most informative videos out there

[@StickBugger]

polish amazon really dropped the price of a €200 phone to 20 cents ☠️

[@xsanos2586]

But only 100 phones for that price

[@sgas]

1:54 love that bit and so much more, love your edits.

[@c8ff]

can't wait for the allegro zone tour by kevin

[@Safeboot]

Holy moly, a Kevin Fang video, this is rarer than the fucking solar eclipse. Lemme get popcorn.

[@csehszlovakze]

mfw Kevin can't pronounce *złoty*

[@jp46614]

This is probably my favourite channel right now please keep these amazing videos up!

[@SomeoneCalledDT]

i actually never expected a video about Allegro of all things, let alone such a wild occurence i never knew about despite our family's frequent use of it, quite a pleasant suprise though

[@twei__]

Good Video! I hope you will make one about the recent Cloudflare outage where PDX-04 failed. As usual, they mad a post mortem that is pretty fun to read

[@maskrtnik01]

Thank you for suggestion. I have looked up the article, seems like an interesting read.

[@DryBones111]

Cloudflare could sustain this channel with weekly uploads.

[@Sa1985Mr]

"one Polish unit of currency" hahahaha - how long did you spend looking at the phonetic spelling of zloty before opting for this

[@bullshitman155]

For those wondering, it's along the lines of zwoh-tee

[@gamecuber6]

this video is unironically really interesting and just well put together, and you just earned a subscriber.

[@crusaderanimation6967]

Didn't expect to see allegro here, and honestly that's probably first time i see foreign chanel even mention Allegro.

[@spacewolfjr]

I love the Aqua Teen Hunger Force-style explosions whenever things go wrong (for those that don't know, most of the time if a character threw something on the ground it would explode for no particular reason)

[@Error-403]

I love your animations and fake code screenshots, you never fail to entertain!

[@pwn3r1]

as a pole, hearing Allegro be called "polish amazon" makes me laugh lmao

[@phusicus_404]

Why?

[@tennickjestzajety69]

@@phusicus_404 because Allegro is combination of Amazon and eBay, especially that second. Allegro from the beginning was auction website like eBay, shops was added later. Amazon and eBay also tried to introduce itself here in Poland, but strength and influence of Allegro is too high. In Poland we buy mostly on Allegro or Aliexpress.

[@janbartula4866]

@@phusicus_404 Because the real Amazon also has a Polish website but it's far less popular than Allegro.

[@eddydude100]

Always enjoy your videos, great work.

[@RobTheQuant]

Top shelf videos Kevin, the edits are tight, keep them coming! 👍

[@bobermcboberson810]

BABE, WAKE UP!! ANOTHER POST MORTEM FROM KEVIN FANG!!

[@nothingtoseehere93]

I love this channel. It’s like fireship but for security and infrastructure and that’s a good thing. You guys should collaborate and truly break the internet (by causing the monthly cloud flare outage)

[@tianlamian]

i was looking for this channel for a while thank god you uploaded again

[@ARockRaider]

i love these! its like a "disaster recap" show but for computing instead of buildings or transport!

[@player400_official]

Uwaga uwaga. Film znajduje się w rękach Polski.

[@babymusk]

great vid as always keep it up man i love watching how you create funny storys about IT

[@fleshinterface]

pristine editing style, love your vids!

[@KaneryU]

finally a new vid! all your uploads are so good😊

[@transfo47]

Amazing editing.

[@Tentri]

Another banger video, keep up the great work

[@Samuftie]

Dear creator, thank you. Please keep the videos coming.😊

[@PanCynik]

I love this channel and in-depth analization of failures

[@ZENBONES1991]

catastrophic misspelling here 🤣

[@SunnyShuklathedoctor]

​@@ZENBONES1991analization ❤️

[@dvlabsakie3484]

Analysis 😭 (please don't edit to fix the word I got a nice chuckle out of it)

[@realdragon]

The power of Janusz broke internet

[@szymoniak75]

didnt expect u covering a polish service, cool

[@AiOinc1]

6:00 I remember the "FILES" arg in MS-DOS. Glad I don't have to even think about it anymore.

[@piotrdarnowski5190]

Out of everything I wouldn’t expect our lil allegro here ;)

[@telefactfiles5430]

Please upload more. Your videos are so good 🙏🙏

[@egoriv183]

amazing video!

[@hummel6364]

3:16 damn this guy has unlocked the legendary octary computer

[@albertfrengki]

i like this guy effort to tell us story but with comedy keep this quality we don't need fancy editing

[@kasparbaktat964]

Did not read about this event back then, but very informative. Everybody can learn lots of stuff from your videos. Not sure, if it really fits in your scope, but do you plan a video about M$s master key incident?

[@iwillgettableflipped]

Am I the only one that noticed a 7 in the binary data at 3:17 ?

[@KurryMuncher]

just searched through the comments to see if anyone else noticed

[@vincentfiestada]

Please continue this series. You're like the @MentourPilot of software disasters!

[@iamvinku]

Although my only connection to aviation is as a passenger, I still enjoy his videos. It's the same with Kevin Fang's videos except it's a lot more relevant to me.

[@khyododev766]

This is amazing, I love this

[@adjikuncorobhangun8063]

Love the classic explosion sound effect.mp3 as always 💻💥

[@gasparsigma]

Why is there a 7 in the binary sequence 😂

[@Rainbow-]

"Deals so good our servers imploded!"

[@DomskiPlays]

100k subs?? damn! YOU DESERVE IT THO

[@pe1ucas]

3:10 hahahahaha!!! I wasn't expecting that :D

[@gaspy9760]

Yes !! I missed you

[@wintrywind]

wake up babe new kevin fang banger dropped

[@siddharth-gandhi]

Goated SDE channel.

[@Nico-qq7xl]

Where do you find these stories? Such a great work. 👍

[@Bartek2OO219]

you should mention it's not just polish version of amazon, it's much better than amazon

[@moltony]

I love these videos

[@not_hehe__]

ayyy new video lesgooo

[@MintPixels]

allegro rządzi

[@dr.robertnick9599]

I gingerly await your video about the recent Optus outage. There must be something funny happening there

[@matze489]

Another great Video

[@Rickety3263]

lsof has always been my favorite command

[@pabloenriquegorga4222]

cool video, thanks for it !

[@Froschkoenig751]

The memes are strong with this channel!

[@theycallmepitt]

I've been to Allegro zone in 2019. Well, I never thought I'd ever say that in my life.

[@timothygostony7415]

All of Kevin's videos are bangers but the Vsauce reference at 3:13 is excellent

[@Alexifeu]

i would love to have modern hole punch cards would be so cool. Id buy a modern hole punch machine ad the necessary paper. Absolutely loved the video so funny but also good explanations.

[@olgierd2001]

just gotta say the allegro zone on the Woodstock/ Pol and Rock festival is pretty good was 3 times there already (very nice festival btw and its FREEEEEE )

[@ishaanhiranandani226]

This coming out the day after the Optus disaster is perfect

[@AbdelrahmanRashed]

This stuff is golden

[@DFsdf3443d]

never knew there was a file descriptor limit. Does that mean any single process web server is by default limited to 1024 active connections?

[@RRanun]

They also made some amazing short films.

[@DonaldSubert]

@Kevin, would you consider, please, doing a video on how the rebooted MySpace music platform lost all of their data in a botched migration?

[@alexflosho]

All this file talk is going straight over my head lol

[@asbfabfoaijfo8]

vry nice and gud explanation

[@PfeffergrubenNick]

Lemmino music, very nice

[@jacobclark288]

These are such good videos

[@siennathesane]

I used to be a maintainer of their open source cache software

[@mateuszkolpa]

Great content, great jokes, great job :)) Liked and subscribed.

[@caduhidalgo4996]

Hold up! Does the Twillio question are related to this? (Nice video btw)

[@byznes7428]

5:35 I love you my dude

[@rgbmew]

another banger vid

[@tetrisgonzo37]

as Allegro worker, I can confirm

[@JohnPaulBuce]

thanks, plus the humor is so good 💀

[@ElectericSpace]

That was one of the most consise but still usable explanation of linux files I've seen

[@violetwtf]

kevin are you planning on making a video on the recent cloudflare outage?

[@rampage_sl]

I never understood file descriptors before this

[@hasanpatel9029]

Love your videos man, don't know if you ever gonna see this comment, but wanted to leave a shout out as your videos taught me a lot and encourage me to pursue a career in Cybersecurity and I finally manage to land a job as an Identity and Access Management Developer.

[@Mitsunee_]

way too much of my backend/infra knowledge is coming from these videos, they are just so close enough to reality that my silly brain can understand them as realworld examples :)

[@tomaszkarwik6357]

Kurwa allegro tutaj

[@user-pi9qk4vm6z]

You should do Optus next

[@LeeZhiWei8219]

Great video! Similar instances of these scaling problems are ticket master and concerts too. Since their web server instances failed on a couple of times, when fans bought tickets. For various artists. Also, I took my Amazon CCP! So I think I understand what's happening in this video hahahaha.

[@retrostyle2]

We love a good punch card reference.