Software engineering blogs

[Android]
Android Dev Challenge: Week 2 - Countdown timer
Posted by Florina Muntenescu, Developer Relations Engineer 3

[.NET]
F# and F# tools update for Visual Studio 16.9
We’re excited to announce updates to the F# tools for Visual Studio 16.9. Since the F# 5 release last November, we’ve been hard at work to improve the F# tools experience in Visual Studio. I’ll cover the major improvements made by category: .NET 5 scripting for Visual Studio New productivity

[Stack Overflow]
Best practices can slow your application down
In order to get the most performant site possible when building the codebase for our public Stack Overflow site, we didn’t always follow best practices. The post Best practices can slow your application down appeared first on Stack Overflow Blog.

[Ebay]
How eBay’s Distributed Architecture Surfaces More Item Listings for Buyers
With Buyer Demand Data, eBay sellers can access information on the item specifics buyers are using in their search queries. This insight increases sellers’ completion of item specifics, which in turn further enhances listings’ quality, visibility and sales.

[Facebook]
Boosting the performance of virtual machines with Jump-Start
What the research is: Jump-Start is a new approach for improving the performance of virtual machines at scale. Virtual machines are a modern and popular design to implement programming languages used to build applications in general, including large-scale websites like Facebook and Instagram

[Pinterest]
People Behind the Product: Meet Rahim Daya, Head of International Product & Toronto Lead
Rahim Daya | Toronto Site Lead & International Product LeadRahim Daya, Toronto-native and Pinployee of nearly 4 years, is Pinterest’s Toronto Site Lead and International Product Lead. Ahead of our virtual Pinterest Engineering: Meet the Toronto Team event, get to know Rahim and learn more about

[Netflix]
A Day in the Life of an Experimentation and Causal Inference Scientist @ Netflix
Stephanie Lane, Wenjing Zheng, Mihir TendulkarSource credit: NetflixWithin the rapid expansion of data-related roles in the last decade, the title Data Scientist has emerged as an umbrella term for myriad skills and areas of business focus. What does this title mean within a given company, or

[Airbnb]
Inside Connect: Airbnb’s Engineering Apprenticeship Program
The first of a three-part blog series on Connect, an apprenticeship opportunity for aspiring Airbnb software engineers.by Beti Gathegi & Jacqui WattsHello! We’re excited that you’re here to learn more about the Connect program. Before we share details, though, we’d like to introduce ourselves

[Android]
Google Play Console powers better strategic decisions with new engagement metrics and unique benchmarks
Posted by Tom Grinsted, Product Manager, Google Play Today in Google Play Console, we’ve launched a suite of new metrics and unique comparative benchmarks. Using these, you can evaluate your app or games’ engagement and monetization trends against up to 250 different peersets, helping you make

[.NET]
Introducing the .NET Upgrade Assistant Preview
Today we’re excited to introduce a tool we’ve been working on to help you upgrade your .NET Framework-based applications to .NET 5 called the .NET Upgrade Assistant. The .NET Upgrade Assistant is a .NET global command-line tool that gives you a guided experience for incrementally upgrading your

[Uber]
Applying Machine Learning in Internal Audit with Sparsely Labeled Data
As machine learning continues to evolve, transforming the various industries it touches, it has only begun to inform the world of audit. As a data scientist and former CPA Auditor, I can understand why this is the case. By nature,

[Lyft]
Announcing the Mobile Native Foundation
Today, we’re excited to launch the Mobile Native Foundation. Backed by The Linux Foundation, along with Airbnb, Capital One, Corellium, Elotl, Flare.build, GitHub, GogoApps, Haystack, Line, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Peloton, Robinhood, Sauce Labs, Screenplay, Slack, Solid Software, Spotify, and

[Docker]
How to Write a Great Talk Proposal for DockerCon LIVE 2021
First off, a big thank you to all those who have already submitted a talk proposal for DockerCon LIVE 2021. We’re seeing some really excellent proposals and we look forward to reviewing many more! We opened the CFP on February 8th and with a few more weeks to go before we close the CFP on

[Cloudflare]
How to execute an object file: Part 1
Ever wondered if it is possible to execute an object file without linking? Or use any object file as a library? Follow along to learn how to decompose an object file and import code from it along the way.

[Netflix]
The Netflix Cosmos Platform
Orchestrated Functions as a Microserviceby Frank San Miguel on behalf of the Cosmos teamIntroductionCosmos is a computing platform that combines the best aspects of microservices with asynchronous workflows and serverless functions. Its sweet spot is applications that involve resource-intensive

[Docker]
How to Use Your Own Registry
One of the things that makes the Docker Platform so powerful is how easy it is to use images from a central location. Docker Hub is the premier Image Repository with thousands of Official Images ready for use. It’s also just as easy to push your own images to the Docker Hub registry so that

[Android]
Android Auto Apps Powered by Jetpack
Posted by Eric Bahna, Product Manager In January, we enabled the Google Play Store to accept open testing submissions of navigation, parking, and charging apps. It’s great to see many of you developing Android Auto apps and sending us feedback through the issue tracker. Thank you for helping us

[Spotify]
2020 Unwrapped: The people behind the numbers
2020 Wrapped is a story of gratitude and resilience. And we’re grateful for the people and teams behind the curtain who built this product experience 👏🏽Give them a hand!. The effort behind Wrapped spans the entire company and is founded on communication and collaboration. With the shift to

[Google Online Security]
#ShareTheMicInCyber: Rob Duhart
Posted by Matt Levine, Director, Risk Management In an effort to showcase the breadth and depth of Black+ contributions to security and privacy fields, we’ve launched a series in support of #ShareTheMicInCyber that aims to elevate and celebrate the Black+ voices in security and privacy we have

[BBC]
Modernising A Legacy Android App Architecture, Part One: The Single Activity
BackgroundHello. I’m Rob. I work on the Android version of BBC Sport. Our codebase started its life in 2013 and it’s fair to say we have amassed some tech debt over that time. This is the story of how we modernised a core part of its architecture. It’s aimed at a technical audience who have at