I’ve been somewhat critical of Twitter in the past and their occasional lack of ability to handle the demand for their service, but as this post states they endured a 900% increase in user base and came out smelling like roses.

A lot of times when we’re strategizing we say something to the effect of “that’s a good problem to have” but seldom do we think of the actual nightmare associated with managing the growth that we dream of. I can hardly think of any service or company that could survive 900% annual growth without a few hiccups and the fact that even power users only had to deal with mild annoyance is a testament to the hard work and great minds making things happen at Twitter.

I hate it when they do down, and spoiled as I am I hate it when there are delays during big events (Super Bowl, election, inauguration, etc) but my hat’s off, way off, to those that keep those hiccups from turning into flaming piles of poo.