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Languages — Design’s journey towards accessibility

Design’s journey towards accessibility

Design can have a significant impact on delivering accessible experiences to our users. It takes a cultural shift, dedicated experts, and permission to make progress over perfection in order to build momentum. We’ve got a long way to go, but we’re starting to see a real shift in our journey to make GitHub a true home for all developers.

DMDiana MounterDiana Mounter·May 17, 2023Languages
SRE & Ops — Building and deploying MySQL Raft at Meta

Building and deploying MySQL Raft at Meta

We’re rolling out MySQL Raft with the aim to eventually replace our current MySQL semisynchronous databases. The biggest win of MySQL Raft was simplification of the operation and making MySQL servers take care of promotions and membership. This gave the provable safety of Raft and reduced significant operational pain. Making MySQL server a true […]

MEMeta Engineering·May 16, 2023SRE & Ops