Getting to 300 Million Requests a Month with a One Man AI/DevOps Team

Discover how one developer scaled StoryGraph, the main competitor to Amazon-owned Goodreads, to handle 300 million monthly requests with minimal resources in this 54-minute conference talk from NDC London. Join Rob Frelow as he shares real-world strategies and valuable lessons learned while tackling infrastructure challenges and optimizing for growth using self-hosting and open-source tools. Learn practical approaches to scaling applications efficiently with limited resources, making this talk essential viewing for engineers, founders, and anyone interested in lean DevOps and AI implementation. The presentation offers actionable insights for those looking to compete with tech giants while maintaining a small technical team.