The Netflix TechBlog

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Stranger Things imagery showcasing the inspiration for the Hawkins Design System by Hawkins team member Joshua Godi ; with art contributions by Wiki Chaves Hawkins may be the name of a fictional town in Indiana, most widely known as the backdrop for one of Netflix’s most popular TV series “Stranger Things,” but the name is so much more.

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O'Reilly

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

While it’s unlikely that the bill will become law, merely raising the possibility of criminal prosecution and jail time has upped the ante for “ commercial entities that operate high-risk information systems or automated-decision systems, such as those that use artificial intelligence or machine learning.”. The answer is yes.

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Enprowess

AUGUST 24, 2021

JavaScript is the leading technology for front-end web development , with JavaScript frameworks, developers can gain more grip over UI designing and functionalities. React is one of the open-source JavaScript libraries used chiefly for front-end designing and mobile app development. Ant Design. 7) Ant-design.

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O'Reilly

JANUARY 16, 2024

I’m personally interested in this topic since I am a professor who researches human-computer interaction, user experience design, and cognitive science , so AI voice interfaces are fascinating to me. I’ve recently been brainstorming ideas for how to design such a system and how to deal with the practical challenges of scaling and maintenance.

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Tech News Gather

APRIL 18, 2023

Today, mobile apps are no longer just a way of providing information and entertainment but act as an add-on for a company’s brand. This helps in saving a lot of time and reducing the development of app costs as you don’t have to create different apps for different mobile operating systems.

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Testsigma

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

They can be designed to execute all types of tasks from complex to simple ones. Also known as Weak AI, the machines are designed to perform a specific set of tasks. It would take off on its own, and re-design itself at an ever-increasing rate. Example: Testsigma ’s simple scriptless approach to testing.

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The Netflix TechBlog

JUNE 13, 2023

Behind these perfect moments of entertainment is a complex mechanism, with numerous gears and cogs working in harmony. This is where large-scale system migrations come into play. By tracking metrics only at the level of service being updated, we might miss capturing deviations in broader end-to-end system functionality.

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Alex Russell

APRIL 29, 2021

After 20 years of neck-in-neck competition, often starting from common code lineages, there just isn't that much left to wring out of the system. Consistent improvement is the name of the game, and it can still have positive impacts, particularly as users lean on the system more heavily over time. Lower is better. Higher is better.

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Enprowess

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

React lacks MVC design. React framework has an entirely synthetic event system, while on the other side, Inferno only supports partial synthetic events and specific functions like onClick. Ember js is API-friendly, and its design has two-way and server-side rendering. Lacks in MVC architecture. Inferno JS vs. React.js.

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Tim Kadlec

DECEMBER 30, 2015

Enchanted Objects: Design, Human Desire, and the Internet of Things by David Rose 4 ⁄ 5 Rose’s book is a very clearly organized look at how widespread and cheap computing could impact objects from our everyday lives. Adaptive Web Design, 2nd Edition by Aaron Gustafson 5 ⁄ 5 Full review here.

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The Netflix TechBlog

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

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 Agile Manager

OCTOBER 31, 2014

It needs to be developed, and developing it requires a capability in technology (design, coding, testing, etc.) Social media is a form of entertainment that shifts people's allocation of their leisure time. But disruptive tech is not a utility. This begs a question: can we rent the capability needed to deliver disruptive tech?

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The Netflix TechBlog

JANUARY 11, 2022

Here we describe the role of Experimentation and A/B testing within the larger Data Science and Engineering organization at Netflix, including how our platform investments support running tests at scale while enabling innovation. What more can we learn from this test, to inform the next one?”

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The Netflix TechBlog

JANUARY 25, 2022

Earlier posts covered the basics of A/B tests ( Part 1 and Part 2 ), core statistical concepts ( Part 3 and Part 4 ), how to build confidence in a decision ( Part 5 ), and the the role of Experimentation and A/B testing within the larger Data Science and Engineering organization at Netflix ( Part 6 ).

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