Algolia is hiring JavaScript and PHP engineers in Paris

Hacker News

Algolia is looking for talented, passionate people to build the world’s best search technology. As an ownership-driven company, we seek team members who thrive under autonomy and diversity. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse workplace.…

1 October 2016

Netflix Billing Migration to AWS – Part III

Hacker News

In the billing migration blog post published a few weeks ago, we explained the overall approach employed in migrating our billing system to the cloud:Netflix Billing Migration to AWS part of a broader initiative towards AWS migrationmedium.comIn this…

1 August 2016

How I built an app with 500,000 users in 5 days on a $100 server

Hacker News

There seems to be a general consensus in the world of startups that you should build an MVP (minimum viable product) without caring too much about technical scalability. I’ve heard many times that the only priority is to just get the product out there. As…

21 July 2016

CloudFlare, We Have a Problem

Hacker News

home RSS For the past few years, CloudFlare has been steadily gaining popularity - being used by a staggering amount of websites, big and small. One of their frequently repeated claims to fame is that they "make web properties faster and safer". In…

16 July 2016

Hammerspoon – Powerful automation of OS X with Lua

Hacker News

This is a tool for powerful automation of OS X. At its core, Hammerspoon is just a bridge between the operating system and a Lua scripting engine. What gives Hammerspoon its power is a set of extensions that expose specific pieces of system functionality,…

14 July 2016

Using Ceph with MySQL

Percona Database Performance Blog

Over the last year, the Ceph world drew me in. Partly because of my taste for distributed systems, but also because I think Ceph represents a great opportunity for MySQL specifically and databases in general. The shift from local storage to distributed…

13 July 2016

Why we use the Linux kernel's TCP stack

Hacker News

A recent blog post posed the question Why do we use the Linux kernel's TCP stack?. It triggered a very interesting discussion on Hacker News. I've also thought about this question while working at CloudFlare. My experience mostly comes from working with…

11 July 2016