A surprising amount of our customer feedback boils down to, “Can you please make this API response into a PDF?”
I long protested because, technology. But sometimes it’a better to just do the thing.
Hence, moar PDF’s: https://t.co/2skcW3dVpR
A large part of Lyft's backend is powered by Python services that use a concurrency lib called gevent, which can be very powerful, but comes w/ tradeoffs. @shivtools & @roywilliamsiii explore this in a talk at @ScaleByTheBay.
https://t.co/5dh4jFpZSd
Stoked to haven this talk at @ScaleByTheBay with @roywilliamsiii on the intricacies of gevent, the Python concurrency/networking library that serves a huge chunk of requests to Lyft’s backend https://t.co/xwOO1YqEeq
One of the best parts of working as a product engineer @lyfteng is being able to spend 100% of your time focusing on taking products from 0 to 1, which is made possible by the stellar developer infrastructure built by Garrett and many others.
In the first of a 4-post series, Garrett Heel takes us through the history of scaling engineering productivity on Lyft's microservices: https://t.co/xlLDqa90Ne
The COVID resurge is wreaking havoc across India. With > 300,000 cases/day, 2000 deaths/day, and a struggling health infrastructure, India needs immediate help. Please join me in raising money for Sewa International. Sachin and I will match up to $50,000
https://t.co/KFveJ9xSWQ
It’s heartbreaking to see this virus wreak havoc throughout India. With a massive vaccine shortage and medical infrastructure crumbling, the next couple of months are looking bleak. Please consider donating if you can.
Global friends; you can help India remotely 🌍.
Please donate to one of these causes. Most accept foreign cards (and if not message me and I'll give you my PayPal and do it for you)
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1/n @Hemkunt_Fdn
Delivering oxygen
https://t.co/DPUkUwDAua