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You can read about the 'how' in this brilliantly written article by Slack engineers. Let's focus on the 'why'! The Context Slack handles critical web requests like message posts, push notifications, calendar reminders, billing, etc asynchronously us...
I have spent a good 6 years working in a newsroom where every day was a unique experience. This is what a ‘’Happy Path’ looked like in the day of the life of a news producer (my perspective). I had to generate 5 new story ideas for the day and get ...
**Update**: On August 18, 2023, it was confirmed that LK-99 isn't a superconductor. You can read more about this development here. I will retain the information in the rest of the post as it was originally written for the newsletter audience. The C...
If you are not familiar with Discord, here’s a quick introduction. Discord is a voice, video, and text chat app that's used by tens of millions of people to talk and hang out with their communities and friends. The communities in Discord are called “...
In 2010, Facebook, with 600+ Million users, was already one of the most popular and biggest websites in the world. On September 23, 2010, their scale and limits were put to the test as it faced one of its most severe outages to date. Facebook was dow...
Booking.com's Lightning-Fast Location Search. The most powerful feature on Booking.com is the map. There are tens of millions of listed properties on their marketplace, and users can search the map for the location and places nearby. Thie experi...