Feeds I follow
A collection of recent articles from blogs that I follow.
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Welcome to The Riddler. Every week, I offer up problems related to the things we hold dear around here: math, logic and probability. Two puzzles are presented each week: the Riddler Express for those of you who want something bite-size and the Riddler Classic for those of you in the slow-puzzle...
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Making the web better. With blocks!
You’ve probably seen web editors based on the idea of blocks. I’m typing this in WordPress, which has a little + button that brings up a long… Read more "Making the web better. With blocks!"
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Help a Computer Win the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest
This is an experiment to see if an AI program can produce humor.
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Podcast: Understanding the complexity of users' lives
Why build a product people won't or can't use? Our user researchers share their approach to understanding needs for government’s single sign-on.
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Cost Efficiency @ Scale in Big Data File Format
Background Our Apache Hadoop® based data platform ingests hundreds of petabytes of analytical data with minimum latency and stores it in a data lake built on top of the Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS). We use Apache Hudi… The post Cost Efficiency @ Scale in Big Data File Format...
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How Docker Desktop Networking Works Under the Hood
Modern applications make extensive use of networks. At build time it’s common to apt-get/dnf/yum/apk install a package from a Linux distribution’s package repository. At runtime an application may wish to connect() to an internal postgres or mysql database to persist some state, while also...
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File Sharing with Docker Desktop
One of the topics users of Docker Desktop often ask us about is file sharing. How do I see my source code inside my container? What’s the difference between a volume and a bind mount? Why is file sharing slower than on Linux, and how can I speed it up? In this blog post, I’ll […] The post File...
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Can You Design The Perfect Wedding?
Welcome to The Riddler. Every week, I offer up problems related to the things we hold dear around here: math, logic and probability. Two puzzles are presented each week: the Riddler Express for those of you who want something bite-size and the Riddler Classic for those of you in the slow-puzzle...
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Capacity Recommendation Engine: Throughput and Utilization Based Predictive Scaling
Introduction Capacity is a key component of reliability. Uber’s services require enough resources in order to handle daily peak traffic and to support our different kinds of business units. These services are deployed across different cloud platforms and data centers … The post Capacity...
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A satire about the future of job hunting.
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Welcome to The Riddler. Every week, I offer up problems related to the things we hold dear around here: math, logic and probability. Two puzzles are presented each week: the Riddler Express for those of you who want something bite-size and the Riddler Classic for those of you in the slow-puzzle...
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Stabilize, Modularize, Modernize: Scaling Slack’s Mobile Codebases
When do you need to overhaul a large code base to address tech debt? What is the best way to address widespread inconsistencies and outdated patterns? How can you make significant architectural improvements to a complex application while still continuing to ship features? These were questions we...
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Intelligent Automation Platform: Empowering Conversational AI and Beyond at Airbnb
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Introduction The previous post gave an overview of Orbit, a Python package developed by Uber in order to perform Bayesian time-series analysis and forecasting. This post provides the details of the version 1.1 updates—in particular, changes in syntax of … The post The New Version of Orbit...