Imgur Notifications: From MySQL to HBase

Imgur is a heavy user of MySQL. It has been a part of our stack since our beginning. However, with our scale it has become increasingly difficult to throw more features at it. For our latest feature upgrade, we re-implemented our notifications system and…

Design at Imgur: From 188 Colors to 12

Let’s take a little look back in time, through the history of Imgur. In 2009, Imgur started…

Engineering at Imgur

Imgur started in 2009 as an image host, and over the years we have become the go-to image host for many sites across the…

5 Tips on Succeeding as a Woman in Technology

Women have increased their numbers in many professions previously dominated by…

Architecting the new Imgur Mobile Web

Making mobile web apps is hard. Browser performance, tooling, and APIs are still a long way…

Solving Cache First Bug Recovery in Service Workers

Lessons From Outside the Classroom

Summer is coming up fast, and soon many students will be excitedly (and nervously) starting…

Making the Most from your Onboarding Experience

The First Week