Architecture & Design

Optimizing the Blob Store: How Dropbox Redesigned Compaction for Maximum Efficiency Scaling a global storage platform requires more than just adding hard drives; it requires a sophisticated strategy for managing …

Spring News Roundup: First Release Candidates of Boot, Security, Integration, Modulith, AMQP The Spring ecosystem has seen significant activity with the release of first milestone versions for several key projects …

Claude Code Benchmark: Dynamic Languages Outperform Static Types in Efficiency and Cost As AI coding assistants evolve from simple autocomplete tools to full-scale agents, the efficiency of the languages they …

Java Ecosystem Evolution: Accelerating AI Workloads with TornadoVM 4.0 The demand for high-performance execution in the age of Large Language Models (LLMs) is forcing a paradigm shift in how Java …

Netflix’s Graph Abstraction: Powering Personalized Experiences at Scale Netflix has developed a high-throughput graph data platform, known as Graph Abstraction, to manage and analyze complex relationships across its vast ecosystem …

Stripe’s ‘Minions’ Automate Coding Tasks, Producing Over 1,300 Pull Requests Weekly Stripe, a leading financial infrastructure platform, has deployed a system of autonomous coding agents called “Minions” that are significantly …

Grab’s Transition to Time-Aware LRU Caching Improves Android App Performance To optimize image caching in its Android application, Grab engineers moved from a traditional Least Recently Used (LRU) cache to …

Adaptive Rate Limiting: How Uber and OpenAI Are Scaling Access to AI As demand for AI services surges, companies like Uber and OpenAI are moving beyond traditional rate limiting systems …

WhatsApp’s engineering team has rewritten its media handling library in Rust, cutting the codebase from 160,000 lines of C++ down to 90,000 lines while adding memory safety protections. The library …

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