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How Google Stores 10,000 Petabytes of Data Efficiently

Google Colossus Explained Simply

a year ago 210 votes
3 key tips for maximum impact, and the myth of the "lazy" Big Tech Engineer

On forums with startup-heavy presences, it’s a common occurrence to sing about the downfall of FAANG and the uselessness of Big Tech for an engineer’s career. This specific tweet went viral recently and I wanted to do a little deep dive on the underlying implications of it:

a year ago 36 votes
Protobufs Explained, and why Google, Apple, and LinkedIn use it over JSON

Faster than JSON, clearer than XML, cross-language, type-safe, and backwards compatible.

a year ago 47 votes
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Stack Overflow's decline is partly self-imposed, but also somewhat out if its control.

a year ago 41 votes

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