Engineering

So, about this Googler’s manifesto.

You have probably heard about the manifesto a Googler (not someone senior) published internally about, essentially, how women and men are intrinsically different and we should stop trying to make it possible for women to be engineers, it’s just not worth it.

Product Managers: What Is Your Unfair Advantage?

Building technical depth as a generalist

Early on in my career, I was happily building out new features and diving into whatever…

Science busts the biggest myth ever about why bridges collapse

Did you guess ‘resonance’? Guess again.

Anything Java can do Kotlin can do better

Zach Westlake | Pinterest engineer, Core Experience

While there’s been a lot of buzz around Kotlin lately, you may still be asking yourself why you should actually use it. What does Kotlin do that Java doesn’t? It’s good to…

Managers: Your Team Needs You to Go Away

Provide unique value by communicating with people outside your team and giving your team space to succeed

Learnings from the last Huddle: Cybersecurity

As you may know, we launched an initiative close to our hearts last year — Huddle by Zomato. While we have enjoyed all the previous meets, the most recent Huddle hit particularly close to home. In light of the several recent incidents globally and at…

A Year of Stories: Launching Is the Easy Part

One year ago today we launched Instagram Stories to the world. We knew we were making a major change to a product that hundreds of millions of people around the world love and use daily. The weight of this responsibility — plus the opportunity to…

The Case Against Kotlin

Ryan Cooke | Android Engineer, Core Experience

It’s a big decision to start using Kotlin in your app. Right now, Kotlin may be nearing the “Peak of Inflated Expectations” in the Hype Cycle. You can find endless quality blogs, podcasts and videos on the virtues…

We are All Product Owners! An Impact Guide for Engineers*

* and everyone else