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Facebook for Developers » Open Source
10M ago
This article was written in collaboration with Vitalii Topoliuk, a Software Engineer at Meta and Sean Keegan, a Developer Advocate at Meta.For today's interview, we have Vitalii Topoliuk, a Software Engineer on the Messenger Desktop App team at Meta. Vitalii’s team works on the desktop version of Messenger, which enables you to text, call, and stay ..read more
Facebook for Developers » Open Source
11M ago
How can we make sure that a new development or insight uncovered by one person effectively transfers to the rest of the team? In small teams we often write single functions, scripts and templates to optimize our personal workflows; but, as the team grows, different people start developing their own tools and code to solve similar problems. The ..read more
Facebook for Developers » Open Source
11M ago
Open source communities thrive on diverse perspectives and contributions from their members. However, underrepresented individuals often face unique challenges that make it difficult for them to authentically participate in these communities. In this article, we will explore the importance of creating safe spaces for underrepresented individuals in ..read more
Facebook for Developers » Open Source
1y ago
This article was written in collaboration with Andrea Ferrando, a Software Engineer at Meta and Sean Keegan, a Developer Advocate at Meta.For today's interview, we have Andrea Ferrando, a front-end engineer at Meta. His team works on the Ads Manager App where users create, edit, and monitor advertising campaigns ..read more
Facebook for Developers » Open Source
1y ago
For today's interview, we have Neerad Somanchi, a Production Engineer on the Presto team at Meta. Presto powers an incredibly wide variety of internal tools and platforms, including real time analytics, research, our ads platform, and much more. The Presto production engineering team focuses on evolving and maintaining Meta’s Presto architecture ..read more
Facebook for Developers » Open Source
1y ago
React Native has been an excellent tool for creating mobile applications at Meta. It allows us to build feature-rich mobile experiences reaching millions of users every day. With growing demands for our desktop applications, our team explored whether React Native could provide similar wins for desktop development at Meta. We were able to partner ..read more
Facebook for Developers » Open Source
1y ago
Presto is a free, open source SQL query engine. We’ve been using it at Meta for the past ten years, and learned a lot while doing so. Running anything at scale - tools, processes, services - takes problem solving to overcome unexpected challenges. Here are four things we learned while scaling up Presto to Meta scale, and some advice if you’re ..read more
Facebook for Developers » Open Source
1y ago
For today's interview, we have Blair Vanderhoof, a front end engineer on the Facebook Marketplace Team at Meta. His team works to continually improve the Facebook Marketplace app so users can find, buy, and sell items.Tell us about yourself.My name is Blair Vanderhoof. I’ve been at Meta for 9 years as a front end developer. I’ve worked with ..read more
Facebook for Developers » Open Source
1y ago
The Fundamental AI Research (FAIR) team at Meta AI is excited to release Animated Drawings, an open source project aimed at helping creators and developers easily create their own drawing-to-animation experiences or products. It started in 2021 when researchers from FAIR decided to apply recent advances in computer vision towards a fast and ..read more
Facebook for Developers » Open Source
1y ago
Today, we are launching the new Rapid editor for OpenStreetMap (OSM)! Rapid 2.0 builds on the strengths of its predecessor in providing a powerful and efficient map editing tool, driving a higher level of mapping detail, quality and accuracy.To complement this release, our naming has also evolved: RapiD is now Rapid. The Rapid editor is now hosted ..read more