With 5.2 million users and 580+ million check-ins to date, Untappd generates and processes a lot of data. Their primary data structure is a MySQL database, which they supplement with MongoDB, Redis, and Elasticsearch based on the strengths of each as they apply to speciic use cases. They don’t see any single database as the sole solution for all their needs; instead, they prefer to leverage services from multiple solutions as needed to keep the user experience fast, eicient, and enjoyable. Untappd, a social network for beer lovers, gives millions of beer aicionados a new way to explore and share the world of beer with friends. Beer drinkers can ind out what and where their friends are drinking, review the beers they’ve tried, and get beer recommendations. Untappd scales rapidly wh

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