After the layoffs, I became a tech godfather

Chapter 87: You have to queue up to download an APP. What kind of world is this!

On the other side, in the Linzhou Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center Park, where Baiju Technology is located, the time was a little after twelve o'clock.

"What are you all doing gathered here?"

Hao Cheng was just about to go out for lunch. Seeing the mess here at Cao Song's place, he came over and asked, "Why aren't you going to eat? Are you watching the data? Do you have so little confidence in our server?"

Just one minute ago, the countdown ended, and the Xiaosha Android version was officially launched, with the official website also providing APP downloads.

Unlike Hongmeng, which is distributed by Huawei AppGallery, the Android version is not only available on various app stores, but also has APK installation packages available for download on the official website.

However, the relevant interfaces and capabilities are no different from the original Hongmeng version. The computing power center of the first phase of Linzhou Intelligent Computing Center has also undergone multiple rounds of simulated stress resistance tests and can meet the online usage needs of 100 million users at the same time. It is not so easy to be overwhelmed, and there is no need to worry about anything at all.

"Brother Cheng, it's not the computing server, but our official website. As soon as the countdown ended, the traffic went through the roof, and now it's stuck and can't be moved at all."

Li Ling hurriedly talked about the current situation: "Cao Song is urgently configuring the file distribution CDN for diversion and acceleration."

"Oh," Hao Cheng suddenly realized. There was no problem with the computing power service, but when it came to APP downloads, the bandwidth provided by the official website was not high, and if too much traffic poured in instantly, it would indeed crash.

But he took a look and laughed: "Tencent's file acceleration CDN? It crashes immediately. Just wait for their technicians to scold you!"

"No way?" Cao Song turned his head and said unsurely: "They claim to have more than a thousand nodes across the country, and a single node has a bandwidth of 40G!"

"What are you thinking? No matter how high its node bandwidth is, it's not prepared just for you. The original load must be at least 50% or 60%. It can't be empty. And Xiaosha, once it's past 12 o'clock and the download is released, no one can handle the instantaneous traffic!"

Hao Cheng shook his head and said, "How about making a bet? There's a city-style restaurant next to the park. If it collapses, you treat us. If it doesn't, I treat the whole department. Do you dare?"

There are about twenty people on Cao Song's side now. Hao Cheng calculated: "There are not many people. The average salary is only more than 200. It will cost you at most half a month's salary, not including bonuses."

"Let's bet!" Cao Song said in disbelief: "I don't believe that a company as big as Tencent doesn't have this little bit of preparation..."

"Report, it crashed!" Cao Song had just finished the configuration and activated it. When he stood up and said a few words, Li Ling discovered that at least the CDN node she was accessing in Linzhou had crashed.

"I'll treat you, you rubbish Tencent!" Cao Song muttered, and asked: "What should we do now?"

The CDN was overwhelmed and load balancing was definitely useless. Cao Song had no good solution in his mind.

"Why worry? It's just an installation file. As long as a thousand people download it, it will spread quickly even if they send it to their WeChat friends. It will be fixed in half an hour at most."

Hao Cheng explained: "You just need to verify that the installation package must be complete and not tampered with. Also, remember to update the grayscale in batches when you release new features OTA later."

"That's no problem!" Relevant issues had been considered early on, and with Xiaosha's assistance, the protection was very adequate. Moreover, Xiaosha would also conduct continuous safety assessments during use.

"That's fine. Don't worry about it now," Hao Cheng said, and called Xiaosha again: "Xiaosha, Xiaosha, limit the flow and queue up."

It was the company that created the official website, so of course it had to take responsibility. After giving instructions, it said to the software developers: "Okay, let's go to Linzhou Station of City Specialty Restaurant. Your manager will treat us!"

Cao Song was overjoyed when he heard this. Although he had been here for a month and was in charge of the software development work, he had always been worried that Hao Cheng would look down on him and would send a headhunter to find a superior. Now it was finally confirmed.

Compared to this, what is a treat? You have to treat! Don’t even mention half a month’s salary, you have to treat a month’s salary!

In fact, Hao Cheng had hesitated about whether to let Cao Song lead the team.

If he only has the level he demonstrated in his previous company, then he will definitely not meet the requirements.

But Cao Song's performance later was more than one level higher than before.

There is another more important reason. The element-level application open capability base is the key project in the next software development, and the proposal submitted by Cao Song was recognized by Hao Cheng.

In this case, let him lead the development team, at least give him the initial opportunity.

"From now on, you are the acting manager of the team, and you will be promoted to a full-time manager when the project goes online. Okay, let's go and have dinner!" Hao Cheng gave Cao Song a reassurance.

"Okay!" Cao Song instantly felt like he was given an injection of chicken blood.

……

Of course, it is impossible to let Cao Song pay for the meal. If Hao Cheng did that, he would be in trouble. Especially since these people are all newcomers, it is natural that Hao Cheng should pay for them.

"Alright, hurry up and eat. What are you talking about? The company doesn't have a meeting room for the meeting, right? Now that you're out, don't think about the company's business. Eat, eat!"

Seeing Hao Cheng using chopsticks to put food into his plate, everyone knew what kind of person he was. They immediately stopped being restrained and burst into joy.

The city's specialty restaurants were bustling with activity, but the technicians at Tencent CDN were going crazy. Just after midnight, the traffic on hundreds of nodes suddenly surged. At first, they thought it was a DDOS attack from an unknown source, and the technicians were ready to start redundant backups.

However, a quick investigation revealed a clue - the culprit turned out to be an account affiliated with Baiju Technology, and the content distributed was the Xiaosha Android version!
"My goodness, you don't know how much instantaneous traffic you have, right?" This Tencent employee was just staring at the countdown and downloading Xiaosha directly, but it suddenly hit 503, and then there was another problem alarm: "So it's our own problem, right?"

"You are here to play with us, without even telling us in advance!"

"Even if we want to say hello, can we find anyone? We don't have real customer service! Okay, activate the backup resources, and then make a hard separation of Baiju Technology's lines, otherwise other customers will have complaints."

Tencent also released an announcement while handling the issue:

"Due to the sudden increase in traffic caused by the distribution of Xiaosha Android APP, CDN service fluctuated, but has now been restored."

"Oh my goodness, it's you, it's actually you. I thought it was someone else - I came in at twelve o'clock, first in 503, and now I'm still in the queue, you rubbish penguin, give me your life!"

"My goodness, I have to queue up even to download an app. What kind of world is this?"

“Hahaha, I have downloaded it. The APK installation package is on Baidu Netdisk. The sharing code is 2043. Link:
Just as Hao Cheng expected, once the situation happened, there were many netizens with a sharing spirit on the Internet, and even some information-sensitive download sites included Xiaosha's installation package.

Combined with the diversion of major mobile application markets, the download service returned to normal in just over 20 minutes.

But in just these twenty minutes, Xiaosha gained more than seven million registered users - how many people are looking forward to it!

"Xiaosha Xiaosha~"

[I’m here!] [I’m here!] [I’m here! I’m here!]

……

If you haven't heard anyone shouting "Xiaosha" today on buses, subways, or crowded public places, it can only mean one thing: the Internet may be down where you are.

Even if you shout, you can get more than ten or twenty responses. Therefore, the first thing to do after registration is to quickly enter the designated voiceprint.

"Hahaha, it's finally our turn to use it. There are also a series of new functions. I can train my own little Sha. Yay!"

"I see my colleagues and friends using Xiaomi every day. I can't buy a Huawei phone, and even the second-hand ones are overpriced. These days I feel like I've returned to primitive society. TNND, the missing people are returning. 2024, here I come!"

……

For a while, platforms like Weibo and Tik Tok became lively again, and topics related to #小沙安卓版# ranked first in the hot searches on all major platforms, and did not fall down for the entire day.

There are all kinds of experience videos that you can't avoid even if you want to.

"I used it to calculate the numbers for a lottery and I won 6+0 easily!"

"I remember you. Didn't you say you got 5+1 last time? How come you got 6+0 this time? @小沙导师第一人"

"Fuck, you really believe it? Do you think anyone cares about him? I've been paying special attention to him. This year, he won the third prize six times, the second prize twice, and the first prize three times in the Double Color Ball. It's obvious, the director's dog. Not to mention whether Xiaosha's calculations are accurate, even if they are accurate, you play the card first and still want to win? What are you thinking!"

"Is the routine so deep? @小沙导师第一人"

"That's right! But can I ask @小沙导师第一人, I saw in your video that there is a badge of [Badge: 小沙导师], wasn't the badge system just updated and launched today? How did you get it? How did you get it?"

"I got it as soon as it was updated? Don't you have it?" @小沙导师 was instantly excited and specially posted a video. He has been waiting for it until now. Countless people have asked him this question and he always answers it like this.

"No, I think this badge is only given to you if it helps train Xiaosha, or if your branch is officially adopted. But it's very precious!"

"Oh, well, I just said something occasionally, how unfortunate!"

@小沙导师 is the netizen who first said “the significance of AI”. At that time, he used Xiaosha to post WeChat Moments ads for him. He wrote the following in the comments:

"I think this is the significance of AI. It can do repetitive tasks that do not require any technical skills, so that talents can be freed up to do more meaningful things."

Coincidentally, this sentence became the bait for Hao Cheng to obtain Xiao Sha's upgrade key factor (route direction). As a result, he received the reward compensation and Xiao Sha mentor badge provided by Baiju Technology.

He immediately changed the name of his Douyin account to @小沙导师第一人. In just a short period of time, his followers increased by nearly 200,000. Considering that he only had a few hundred after playing for so many days before.

"Teacher, teacher, please teach me, what did you say? I also want to train Xiaosha! But I have been training for a long time, and it doesn't move at all!"

"Okay, okay. At 8pm tonight, I'll be broadcasting training for Xiaosha. Follow me and I'll remind you when the show starts!"

(End of this chapter)