https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1208.4171/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMThttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31547616urn:hackerpapers:mention:1208.4171:31547616Sun, 29 May 2022 09:02:08 GMT<p>I agree certain orders of magnitude are harder to guess accurately. My claim for 1k qps being conservative is mostly based on * my current company, but I can&#x27;t share more precise numbers. So I guess not very convincing :) * however, at ~ 300 millions listings in 2021 for airbnb, that means i.e. ~10 listing per second. 1k qps implies ~ 100 queries per listing, which would be an extremely good ratio. Every time you change a parameter (price range, map range, type of place), that&#x27;s a new query. &gt; Sure, I think 30 bytes is reasonable for a click. When I said 15 I was squeezing a bit much. But…</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1208.4171/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>cs.DB