

Our peers in the technical community have asked about the infrastructure that helped bring Pokémon GO to life for millions of players.

Never have I taken part in anything close to the growth that Google Cloud customer Niantic experienced with the launch of Pokémon GO.Īs a teaser, I’ll start with a picture worth a thousand words: User adoption typically happens gradually over several months, with new features and architectural changes scheduled over relatively long periods of time.

Throughout my career as an engineer, I’ve had a hand in numerous product launches that grew to millions of users.
