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1. I added an extra brace after FBFatal in a final revision :( I'll ask for a revision 2. FBFatal has the same semantics as assert(), so that's correct. 3. The 'rebind_symbols' lin…

There are some technical inaccuracies that make it hard to look past as a coder (mixing up POSIX and UNIX, talking about unexpected behavior as a bug). However, I think the author …

I chatted with Wired about just this concept: http://www.wired.com/2014/08/facebook_bug/

SPDY (pre-Apple's version) + Open Source SSL Library + Perf Mods

Although fixing a bug requires analyzing the offending code, we weren't able to effectively narrow down the area of inspection through manual means (diff analysis, stack trace, git…

As someone who worked in a flyover state for 5 years and then moved to SF (then NY)... YES! The comment about the 20% discretionary income and resulting impact is also true.

"I have spent the best years of my life giving people the lighter pleasures, helping them have a good time, and all I get is abuse, the existence of a hunted man." - Al Capone I th…

FYI: If you fast-forward to 2013, Philip Su is now heading the Engineering office at Facebook London. He's a really nice guy and great culture fit for the company. Source: I work a…

You can learn that the decision was very complex with a lot of benefits and detriments for both stores. In the end, we thought that HBase gave us more initial benefits, reduced tim…

Facebook is rated higher for a number of reasons: 1) High impact. Most team sizes are 5 people or less. Those 5 people are handling big systems like photos or memcache. You know yo…

I am currently working on the HBase project at Facebook. It's extremely fun! We try to sync up with the OS branch on a weekly basis. Additionally, FB actually has an Open Source te…

Despite the facade of University Avenue, Palo Alto is a pretty tame suburban atmosphere. I tend to drive or Caltrain out to San Fran if I want to do something on the weekend. Then …

Good thing Google took a hard stance on data protectionism! Wait, where have I heard about data protectionism again? http://techcrunch.com/2010/11/09/facebook-slaps-google-openn...…

Where is that open-source MapReduce stack? Facebook even gives their HPHP, Hadoop, and other code back to the community for free. The fact is, Facebook cares about Data & Google ca…

This. I moved to Silicon Valley from Huntsville, AL ( My coworkers expressed disgust that they might have trouble in AL going around the office proudly proclaiming they were atheis…

The government made a smart and forward-thinking decision? Do not believe!

So... this is basically scribe? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scribe_(log_server)

Maybe the UK experience is different than US, but this sounds like 'no child left behind'. Let's make 50% of the students do inane coursework for a year so the other 50% don't feel…