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RT @zbruceli Deep dive into the Internet Archive's tech stack https://hackernoon.com/the-long-now-of-the-web-inside-the-internet-archives-fight-against-forgetting
- the Internet Archive + Wayback Machine combats ephemerality of online content
- operates physical infrastructure in San Francisco with PetaBoxes servers that store hundreds of petabytes of data
- traditional crawlers struggle with JavaScript-rich sites: tools like Brozzler and Umbra are used
- runs on a modest budget (~$25–30M/year) supported by donations, grants, and paid services like Archive
- faced major copyright lawsuits
- future Directions: DWeb, IPFS, Filecoin 14/01/2026 à 06:00