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Engineering — In Search Of The Ideal Privacy Icon — Smashing Magazine

In Search Of The Ideal Privacy Icon — Smashing Magazine

Icons are capable of enhancing the content that surrounds them, but they have to be self-explanatory for that to happen. We have icons for things we like (a thumbs up), things we can share (a box topped with an up arrow), and even for protection against malicious online attacks (a shield), but what are the options we have for representing “privacy”?

PSPreethi SamPreethi Sam·November 2, 2023Engineering
SRE & Ops — Cloudflare incident on October 30, 2023

Cloudflare incident on October 30, 2023

Multiple Cloudflare services were unavailable for 37 minutes on October 30, 2023, due to the misconfiguration of a deployment tool used by Workers KV.

SKSilverlock, Kris EvansSilverlock, Kris Evans·November 1, 2023SRE & Ops
Engineering — The What, Why, and How of Mastering App Size

The What, Why, and How of Mastering App Size

Our daily tasks as engineers often involve implementing new functionalities. Existing users get to enjoy the benefits of these features, new users are enticed to sign up for the app, and we get to write more code. At first glance, it appears to be a perfect symbiotic relationship — a win-win-win scenario where everybody’s happy and nothing goes wrong, right?

SESpotify Engineering·November 1, 2023Engineering
Distributed — How We Automated Content Marketing to Acquire Users at Scale

How We Automated Content Marketing to Acquire Users at Scale

Spotify runs paid marketing campaigns across the globe on various digital ad platforms like Facebook, Google UAC (display banners), TikTok, and more. Being efficient with our marketing budget is critical for maximizing the return on ad spend so that we can continue to develop ads that communicate the value of Spotify to users and non-users alike. Running and managing paid marketing campaigns at a

BMBryan Maloney , Christopher Tang, , Deepak Bhat (Sen·November 1, 2023Distributed
Engineering — Spotify Wins CNCF Top End User Award for the Second Time!

Spotify Wins CNCF Top End User Award for the Second Time!

This week at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon in Chicago, the Cloud Native Computing Foundation announced that Spotify won their . This is the second time we’ve received the honor, having previously won the award in — and we are even more proud this time around as it’s a testament to our continued commitment to the cloud native ecosystem and open source community.

SESpotify Engineering·November 1, 2023Engineering
Security — Understanding cookies

Understanding cookies

Learn how cookies function, how they are used by websites, and the importance of managing them for privacy and security.

VVercel·November 1, 2023Security
Engineering — Introducing the GitHub transparency center

Introducing the GitHub transparency center

It’s time for our biannual transparency report, where we share how we approach content moderation and disclosure of user information. This year, we’re introducing the transparency center, a new platform for our transparency reporting data.

MTMargaret TuckerMargaret Tucker·October 31, 2023Engineering
SRE & Ops — Automating data removal

Automating data removal

Meta’s Systematic Code and Asset Removal Framework (SCARF) has a subsystem for identifying and removing unused data types. SCARF scans production data systems to identify tables or assets that are unused and safely removes them. SCARF avoids tedious manual work and ensures that product data is correctly removed when a product is shut down. This […]

CWChris Wiltz·October 31, 2023SRE & Ops
Engineering — Release Radar

Release Radar

As Hacktoberfest comes to a close, you still have a day or so left to complete and submit your pull requests. If you’re struggling to think of projects to contribute…

MDMichelle DukeMichelle Duke·October 30, 2023Engineering