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SRE & Ops — Introducing Velox: An open source unified execution engine

Introducing Velox: An open source unified execution engine

Meta is introducing Velox, an open source unified execution engine aimed at accelerating data management systems and streamlining their development. Velox is under active development. Experimental results from our paper published at the International Conference on Very Large Data Bases (VLDB) 2022 show how Velox improves efficiency and consistency in data management systems. Velox helps […] Read M

CWChris Wiltz·March 9, 2023SRE & Ops
Frontend — Building Complex Forms In Vue — Smashing Magazine

Building Complex Forms In Vue — Smashing Magazine

Did you know that creating a complex form can be progressively enhanced using some Vue features like the v-for and the v-model? In this article, Olufunke shares some basic Vue core features that are super useful when building out the complex form in your day-to-day Vue usage.

OMOlufunke MoronfoluOlufunke Moronfolu·March 9, 2023Frontend
Engineering — Embrace equity on International Women’s Day (and every day)

Embrace equity on International Women’s Day (and every day)

Happy International Women’s Day! The global theme for 2023 is #EmbraceEquity, which is part of an ongoing effort to raise awareness around “Why equal opportunities are no longer enough.” Today is a time to highlight achievements made by women, but also an opportunity to become better informed.

AAAndie, AngelaAndie, Angela·March 8, 2023Engineering
Design & UX — Creators need creators

Creators need creators

New selling tools and the Figma Creator Fund will help fuel the love of craft that fuels Figma Community.

RKRogie King·March 7, 2023Design & UX
Engineering — Framework-defined infrastructure

Framework-defined infrastructure

Framework defined infrastructure means programmatic framework understanding for automatic infrastructure provisioning—an evolution from Infrastructure as Code (IaC).

VVercel·March 7, 2023Engineering
Frontend — Common Beginner Mistakes with React

Common Beginner Mistakes with React

I used to teach React at a local coding bootcamp, and I noticed that students kept getting tripped up by the same handful of things. In this article, we're going to go through 9 of the most dastardly gotchas. I'll show you how to solve these common problems, so you can avoid a lot of potential frustration!

JWJosh W. Comeau·March 6, 2023Frontend
Design & UX — Inspiring Web Design And UX Showcases — Smashing Magazine

Inspiring Web Design And UX Showcases — Smashing Magazine

Do you sometimes feel that all websites look the same? In this post, we compiled web design showcases that prove differently. They highlight some of the finest web designs, well-crafted experiences, and delightful interactions from across the web. Inspiration is guaranteed.

CMCosima MielkeCosima Mielke·March 6, 2023Design & UX
Engineering — Release Radar

Release Radar

Our community—along with ourselves—took a much needed break over the festive season. Now everyone is back into the full swing of work, and the open source community is showing us…

MDMichelle DukeMichelle Duke·March 5, 2023Engineering
SRE & Ops — How Cloudflare runs Prometheus at scale

How Cloudflare runs Prometheus at scale

Here at Cloudflare we run over 900 instances of Prometheus with a total of around 4.9 billion time series. Operating such a large Prometheus deployment doesn’t come without challenges . In this blog post we’ll cover some of the issues we hit and how we solved them

LLukaszLukasz·March 3, 2023SRE & Ops
Security — GitHub Security Lab audited DataHub: Here’s what they found

GitHub Security Lab audited DataHub: Here’s what they found

The GitHub Security Lab audited DataHub, an open source metadata platform, and discovered several vulnerabilities in the platform’s authentication and authorization modules. These vulnerabilities could have enabled an attacker to bypass authentication and gain access to sensitive data stored on the platform.

AMAlvaro MunozAlvaro Munoz·March 3, 2023Security
Distributed — See you at SCaLE! 🐧

See you at SCaLE! 🐧

SCaLE is the largest community-run open-source and free software conference in North America. It takes place next week in Pasadena, CA from March 9-12, 2023 and we’ll be there!

LRLee ReillyLee Reilly·March 3, 2023Distributed
Languages — Why Python keeps growing, explained

Why Python keeps growing, explained

A deep dive into why more people are using Python than ever, its key use cases, and why it’s still so popular 30-plus years after it was first released.

RSRizel ScarlettRizel Scarlett·March 2, 2023Languages
Performance — GitHub Availability Report: February 2023

GitHub Availability Report: February 2023

In February, we experienced three incidents that resulted in degraded performance across GitHub services. This report also sheds light into a January incident that resulted in degraded performance for GitHub Packages and GitHub Pages and another January incident that impacted Git users.

JOJakub OleksyJakub Oleksy·March 1, 2023Performance
SRE & Ops — GitHub Actions Importer is now generally available

GitHub Actions Importer is now generally available

We’re excited to announce the general availability of GitHub Actions Importer. GitHub Actions Importer helps you plan, forecast, and automate migrations from Azure DevOps, CircleCI, GitLab, Jenkins, and Travis CI…

DGDawit GebregziabherDawit Gebregziabher·March 1, 2023SRE & Ops
Architecture — Load Testing for 2022 Wrapped

Load Testing for 2022 Wrapped

is Spotify’s global annual year-end campaign that celebrates our listeners with a personalized review of their listening habits over the past year.

FWFred Wang, Senior Backend Engineer·March 1, 2023Architecture
Design & UX — Encore x Accessibility: A Balancing Act

Encore x Accessibility: A Balancing Act

On the Encore team (Spotify’s design system), there’s nothing we love more than collaborating with our fellow squads — (1) because they have awesome squad names and (2) because they have awesome people. Enter our most recent collab with the Mandalorian squad, which is in charge of accessibility at Spotify — and aptly named, because accessibility is “the Way.”

ABArielle Benedek , Rose Marantz , and Tamas Geczy·March 1, 2023Design & UX
Architecture — Choosing a Sequential Testing Framework — Comparisons and Discussions

Choosing a Sequential Testing Framework — Comparisons and Discussions

TL;DR Sequential tests are the bread and butter for any company conducting online experiments. The literature on sequential testing has developed quickly over the last 10 years, and it’s not always easy to determine which test is most suitable for the setup of your company — many of these tests are “optimal” in some sense, and most leading A/B testing companies have their own favorite. Even though

MSMårten Schultzberg and Sebastian Ankargren·March 1, 2023Architecture
Engineering — Your guide to headless commerce

Your guide to headless commerce

Curious about headless commerce? Learn all about going headless with a composable stack so you can boost developer velocity, conversions, and more.

VVercel·February 27, 2023Engineering
Security — 3 ways to meet compliance needs without slowing down agility

3 ways to meet compliance needs without slowing down agility

Learn how to enable developer productivity and collaboration while staying secure and compliant. Stay compliant without slowing down your business. From security to CI/CD, automate every step of your software workflow—so your developers can stay focused on what matters most: building.

MPMark Paulsen, Chris ReddingtonMark Paulsen, Chris Reddington·February 24, 2023Security
Engineering — Meta’s head of AR hardware on the future of AR

Meta’s head of AR hardware on the future of AR

While VR headsets have been with us for at least a decade, AR hardware barely exists today; indeed, the very components that will comprise the hardware scarcely exist, making it a truly zero-to-one innovation challenge. Meta’s Head of AR Glasses Hardware, Caitlin Kalinowski is helping to lead that charge. Kalinowski hails from Portsmouth, NH and studied mechanical […]

MEMeta Engineering·February 24, 2023Engineering
Engineering — Improving the Developer Experience with the Ruby LSP - Shopify

Improving the Developer Experience with the Ruby LSP - Shopify

The Ruby LSP is a new language server built at Shopify that makes coding in Ruby even better by providing extra Ruby features for any editor that has a client layer for the LSP. In this article, we’ll cover how we built the Ruby LSP, the features included within it, and how you can install it.

SEShopify Engineering·February 24, 2023Engineering