New notes from Alex Xu, Gergely Orosz, Aakash Gupta, Alex Xu, Aakash Gupta, and Gergely Orosz

Notes for Friday, April 12

͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­͏     ­

Friday, April 12 ∙ Open in app Recent notes from people you follow on Substack Alex Xu 3d How Netflix Really Uses Java? Netflix is predominantly a Java shop. Every backend application (including internal apps, streaming, and movie production apps) at Netflix is a Java application. However, the Java stack is not static and has gone through multiple iterations over the years. Here are the details of those iterations: 1 - API Gateway Netflix follows a microservices architecture. Every piece of functionality… 74 1 4 Gergely Orosz 2d An interesting first-hand experience from the crossover of “creator economy” and the tech recruitment industry: creator economy companies focused on connecting “creators” with companies hiring are likely to be poor business, going forward. Here are details on how my job board and talent collective performed, over time, on top of Pallet. Traffic where I “showcased” this product increased, but interest in this offering… https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/tech-jobs-board/ 21 3 5 Aakash Gupta 2d This was the start of Spotify. $60B of market cap today, just a wireframe at the start. "We started building the product. That's always what came first for us." —Daniel Ek Let's rewind to get the full context: (As Daniel told Stockholm Tech Fest 2015) 2002 Daniel had the idea of Spotify when he experienced the magic of Napster. He loved the concept but hated the business model. He felt, "Holy shit, this is what I… 40 2 6 Alex Xu 6d Netflix's Tech Stack This post is based on research from many Netflix engineering blogs and open-source projects. If you come across any inaccuracies, please feel free to inform us. Mobile and web: Netflix has adopted Swift and Kotlin to build native mobile apps. For its web application, it uses React. Frontend/server communication: GraphQL. Backend services: Netflix relies on ZUUL, Eureka, the Spring Boot framework… 174 7 20 Aakash Gupta 3d Let's retire the idea that PMs shouldn't build wireframes. Of course, there's no need for a PM to always wireframe features. In fact, that's an anti-pattern. But, for big features, I think it's worthwhile. Let me explain. A great wireframe can: • Convey your entire feature idea in a picture • Uncover edge user segments you would otherwise discover down the line • Act as a great tool to use in customer interviews to… 29 3 3 Gergely Orosz 11h It is now day 5 of an Italian bank’s systems being down, hard, following a systems upgrade over the weekend. It’s hard to resist asking the question: Could the underlying reason be - spaghetti code? (pun intended!) 5 3 See what else you missed © 2024 Substack Inc. 548 Market Street PMB 72296, San Francisco, CA 94104 Unsubscribe 861