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Re:Show HN: Search Engine for Blogs on Tuesday March 29, 2022 @04:36PM (#30848033)
yeah, reminds me of working at technorati in 2005
You mention meta.org, you know you could work with us on it https://chanzuckerberg.com/join-us/openings/?team=engineerin... (search "meta" on that page)
Re:The Infrastructure Behind Twitter: Scale on Friday January 20, 2017 @12:53PM (#13445515)
As of several years ago the putlic http endpoints would easily do 1M/sec at peak times. Not just api, but web, images, et al.
Re:Bay Area Startups Find Low-Cost Outposts in Arizona on Tuesday August 23, 2016 @12:45AM (#12341455)
In California you can get a DL without proof of legal residency.
Nope. (I work there).
Re:GitHub Outage on Wednesday January 27, 2016 @07:43PM (#10984951)
But no one can do anything to generate new webhooks.
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2015) on Monday November 02, 2015 @04:16PM (#10495315)
Bolt (bolt.com) - San Francisco, CA- https://bolt.com/jobs

Bolt is radically simplifying online commerce in a way the world has never seen before. We combine top technology with a very careful and unique approach to processing online transactions. We are an elite, engineer-first team with lead players out of Facebook, Twitter, Google, Apple, PayPal, and CyberSource adding a few core members to our team. In the middle of our process, we do a product/tech deep dive at which point we promise there’s no going back. :)

A bit about Bolt’s culture:

- We care about output, not input or “busyness"

- We value our time immensely.

- We prioritize respectful directness

- We think Silicon Valley startups are built for failure, and are doing things radically differently

- We don’t care about PR or any startup vanity

If you want to join a team of seasoned professionals that prioritize productivity, alignment of vision and unyielding commitment to quality, then email me directly: [email protected].

Re:Twitter announces layoffs on Tuesday October 13, 2015 @11:39AM (#10381170)
... and pay taxes
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2015) on Tuesday September 01, 2015 @06:32PM (#10156252)
Bolt - San Francisco, CA - https://bolt.com/

Bolt is a new payment platform that radically simplifies the exchange of money; it’s a reimagined money moving engine to solve the largest unsolved problems in payments.

We are an elite team of engineers from Facebook, Twitter, Google, and Apple adding a few core members to our team.

If you want to join a team of seasoned professionals that prioritize productivity, alignment of vision and unyielding commitment to quality, then email me directly: [email protected].

We’re only replying to serious applicants with 5+ years of high production experience.

Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2015) on Monday August 03, 2015 @05:33PM (#10000018)
Bolt | San Francisco, CA | Platform, DevOps, Security and Infrastructure Engineers | Full Time | Onsite

https://bolt.com/jobs

Bolt is a team of elite engineers from Stanford, MIT, Facebook, Twitter, Square, and other top companies. We are passionate about technology, finance, and the future of payments. As we explore the bleeding-edge in payments and fintech, we're looking for teammates who are ready to join a top team and take charge of large responsibilities as we sail deep into uncharted waters.

Though the sneaker page makes it very clear that its not ready for production use.
Re:Twitter Cuts Off Employee Access to Its Metrics on Friday February 06, 2015 @03:18PM (#9011270)
If you're classified as an "insider" then you can't even trade in the trading windows without a 10b5-1 plan.

So at TWTR (I'm a former employee) knowing things like the MAU would probably make you an insider, which means you can only sell on a plan.

Not knowing the MAU is a blessing in this case.

Right, because no matter how much RAM you put in a machine, access is always the same speed.
The messages are not repeated in fanout, just the ids. I guess you would know that if you actually the links.
Re:Ask HN: Who Is Hiring? (November 2010 Edition) on Monday November 01, 2010 @11:19AM (#1856740)
San Francsico, though remote work is plausible.

Twitter is looking for all sorts of good engineers. The up to date list is always at http://twitter.com/positions.html.

Re:Ask HN: How much a 'Promoted Tweet' costs on Twitter? on Monday November 01, 2010 @01:21AM (#1855485)
yes
Re:Ask HN: Who Is Hiring? (October 2010 Edition) on Sunday October 03, 2010 @01:44AM (#1752192)
San Francisco: Twitter is hiring like crazy.

We're working on about a million interesting problems at scale, with resources and the ability to open source almost everything. We also have a good deal of fun. twitter.com/jobs or [email protected]

Re:Twitter Announces "Snowflake" for Unique Tweet IDs on Wednesday June 02, 2010 @12:30AM (#1397107)
Version 1 UUIDs require 128 bits.
Re:Twitter Announces "Snowflake" for Unique Tweet IDs on Wednesday June 02, 2010 @12:27AM (#1397100)
Except in email everyone has a separate mailbox. On twitter everyone's mailbox overlaps and there are an infinite number of possible public views of the tweets (searches, lists, etc.)
Re:Twitter Announces "Snowflake" for Unique Tweet IDs on Wednesday June 02, 2010 @12:25AM (#1397088)
NTP seems to work fairly well for this. It takes into account network latencies and attenuates over time.
Re:Twitter Announces "Snowflake" for Unique Tweet IDs on Wednesday June 02, 2010 @12:24AM (#1397083)
That's the time of the first tweet. It saves us 30-something years of id space.
Re:Twitter Announces "Snowflake" for Unique Tweet IDs on Wednesday June 02, 2010 @12:24AM (#1397080)
It turns out big problems are big. We're moving moving existing data to cassandra and putting a lot of new (mostly internal) data on cassandra.