Hit refresh: redesigning our technical infrastructure

2026/03/11 by Paul Davis, Sara Bowman · 1 voice
Computer Science · Decision Sciences · #Academic Publishing and Open Access #Big Data and Digital Economy #Scientific Computing and Data Management

paper · doi:10.64000/8mckt-w8m69

openalex publication_date 2026/03/11 · openalex created_date 2026/03/13 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/14

Abstract

With key milestones achieved in 2025, including the appointment of new Directors of Technology and Programs, a move to the cloud, and some key schema updates, we now have a firm foundation for our next challenge: a redesign of our core technical systems to make them more modern, robust, and

Discussions

• Our core systems handle 2 billion API requests a month — and some of that code dates back to 2005. We're redesigning it piece by piece to serve a community that's grown from 318 to 24,000+ members. M [bsky, 3 points, 0 comments]

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