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A Survey of Causal Inference Applications at Netflix

The Netflix TechBlog

At Netflix, we want to entertain the world through creating engaging content and helping members discover the titles they will love. However, when the topic of holdback tests is raised, it can seem too complicated in terms of experimental design and/or engineering costs.

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What is web application security? Everything you need to know.

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Examples range from online banking to personal entertainment delivery and e-commerce. Web application security is the process of protecting web applications against various types of threats that are designed to exploit vulnerabilities in an application’s code. Why is web application security important?

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Netflix: A Culture of Learning

The Netflix TechBlog

These data scientists design and execute tests to support learning agendas and contribute to decision making. As a company, we aim to be curious, and to truly and honestly understand our members around the world, and how we can better entertain them. We are also open minded, knowing that great ideas can come from unlikely sources.

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Building a Rule-Based Platform to Manage Netflix Membership SKUs at Scale

The Netflix TechBlog

By Budhaditya Das , Wallace Wang , and Scott Yao At Netflix, we aspire to entertain the world. However, with our rapid product innovation speed, the whole approach experienced significant challenges: Business Complexity: The existing SKU management solution was designed years ago when the engagement rules were simple?—?three

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Beyond REST

The Netflix TechBlog

Rapid Development with GraphQL Microservices by Dane Avilla The entertainment industry has struggled with COVID-19 restrictions impacting productions around the globe. Consumers of GraphQL APIs can simply leverage the open-source GraphQL client of their preference. And adding custom queries and mutations to a Graphile-generated schema (i.e.

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The best React JS Alternatives: Top 6 Frameworks You Can Use (As a replacement for React)

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React lacks MVC design. Ember js is API-friendly, and its design has two-way and server-side rendering. uses JSX-JavaScript XML for designing, while Vue JS allows you to use JSX and HTML templates and plugins. . With backbone.js, developers can get into a code mess if best practices aren’t followed. Ember JS Pros.

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Reflections from DevOps Enterprise Summit 2019 + Day Three Recap

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To help with that goal, BMW have created a specialized user centre for design, a 530 sqm office with an open door philosophy to provide software delivery teams with professional UX support. Given the prominence of Comcast in the communications landscape, it’s hard to imagine the company being anything but a widely successful software company.

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