System Architecture and Design

Presenters Jenish Shah Source InfoQ podcast Level Up Your Microservices: Building a Universal Exception Library 🚀💡👨‍💻 Managing a fleet of microservices can quickly become a tangled web of duplicated code, inconsistent practices, and a whole lot of frustration. That’s precisely what one Netflix engineer experienced – and their solution is a brilliant example of how to build infrastructure that directly improves the developer experience. This post dives deep into the creation of a universal exception library, a powerful tool for streamlining error handling and boosting overall system resilience. ...

Presenters Evan Czaplicki Kris Jenkins Source GOTO podcast Level Up Your Language Design: Lessons from Rails, Rust, and the “Wife Principle” 🚀💡👨‍💻 Ever wondered what it takes to build a language or library that developers actually want to use? It’s not just about clever algorithms and cool syntax; it’s a complex dance between ease of use, long-term maintainability, and even the realities of human nature. This conference presentation segment, delivered by Evan Chublitzky, dives deep into these challenges, offering invaluable insights for anyone involved in language design or open-source development. ...

Presenters Ryan Lei Source Scale Product 2025 Level Up Your Video Quality: Scaling AI-Powered Super Resolution at Meta 🚀 Video is everywhere. It dominates internet traffic, drives user engagement, and fuels business growth. At Meta, we process a staggering amount of video daily – over 1 billion uploads and a trillion view requests! As video becomes increasingly vital, ensuring optimal quality and user experience is paramount. Today, we’re diving into how Meta is tackling this challenge by deploying Video Super Resolution (VSR) at scale. ...

Presenters Rushaan Mahajan Source Scale Product 2025 🚀 Unlocking Real-Time Video Generation: The Future is Now (and Fast!) 🤖 The world of AI is exploding with creativity, and generative video is at the forefront. From OpenAI’s Sora (boasting over 200,000 downloads daily!) to Google Gemini and Meta’s innovative remix workspaces, we’re witnessing a revolution in how video is created and consumed. But behind the magic lies a significant technical challenge: video generation is hard. This presentation dives deep into the infrastructure and optimization strategies needed to make real-time, personalized video generation a reality – and it’s more exciting than you might think! ...

Presenters Ross Cutler Source Scale Product 2025 🚀 Level Up Your Video Calls: How AI is Revolutionizing Remote Collaboration 🌐 Remember the Picturephone? Launched in 1964 by AT&T, it was a bold (and ultimately unsuccessful) attempt at bringing video conferencing to the masses. Fast forward to today, and we have ubiquitous platforms like Zoom and Microsoft Teams. But are these platforms really delivering on the promise of seamless remote collaboration? Ross Cutler’s recent presentation tackled this question head-on, arguing that AI holds the key to unlocking the next generation of video conferencing – one that rivals, and potentially surpasses, the effectiveness of face-to-face interactions. ...