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Data logs: The latest evolution in Meta’s access tools

Engineering at Meta

Here we explore initial system designs we considered, an overview of the current architecture, and some important principles Meta takes into account in making data accessible and easy to understand. Users have a variety of tools they can use to manage and access their information on Meta platforms. feature on Facebook.

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The Roots of Today's Modern Backend Engineering Practices

The Pragmatic Engineer

If you had a continuous deployment system up and running around 2010, you were ahead of the pack: but today it’s considered strange if your team would not have this for things like web applications.  Backend code I wrote and pushed to prod took down Amazon.com for several hours. and hand-rolled C -code.

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Data Migration Strategies For Large Scale Systems

Data Engineering Podcast

Summary Any software system that survives long enough will require some form of migration or evolution. When that system is responsible for the data layer the process becomes more challenging. This episode is supported by Code Comments, an original podcast from Red Hat. My thanks to the team at Code Comments for their support.

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How Meta discovers data flows via lineage at scale

Engineering at Meta

It is a critical and powerful tool for scalable discovery of relevant data and data flows, which supports privacy controls across Metas systems. It enhances the traceability of data flows within systems, ultimately empowering developers to swiftly implement privacy controls and create innovative products.

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Monetizing Analytics Features: Why Data Visualizations Will Never Be Enough

Think your customers will pay more for data visualizations in your application? Five years ago they may have. But today, dashboards and visualizations have become table stakes. Discover which features will differentiate your application and maximize the ROI of your embedded analytics. Brought to you by Logi Analytics.

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Paying down tech debt: further learnings

The Pragmatic Engineer

Use tech debt payments to get into the flow and stay in it A good reason to add new comments to old code before you change it is to speed up a code review. When it takes me time to learn what code does, writing something down helps me remember what I figured out. Clarifying the code is even better.

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A Tour Around Buck2, Meta's New Build System

Tweag

Buck2 is a from-scratch rewrite of Buck , a polyglot, monorepo build system that was developed and used at Meta (Facebook), and shares a few similarities with Bazel. As you may know, the Scalable Builds Group at Tweag has a strong interest in such scalable build systems. fix the code # fix code 7.

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