engblogs

summaries of the latest blog articles from your favorite tech companies.
SoundCloudSoundCloud

Engineering Levels at SoundCloud

The importance of learning, growth, and employee development at SoundCloud for engineers.

5/24/2018
OpenAIOpenAI

AI and compute

Exploring the intersection of AI and compute for advanced applications

5/16/2018
SoundCloudSoundCloud

Keeping Counts In Sync

Tracking play counts in real time to provide creators with accurate and up-to-date statistics on their popular songs and fanbase impact.

5/11/2018
SoundCloudSoundCloud

Running Android UI Test Suites on Firebase Test Lab

Running Android UI Test Suites on Firebase Test Lab speeds up UI test execution on mobile devices and emulators.

5/4/2018
OpenAIOpenAI

AI safety via debate

Exploring AI safety strategies using debate techniques

5/3/2018
Jane StreetJane Street

Repeatable exploratory programming

A blogpost about using Expect tests for repeatable exploratory programming

4/22/2018
OpenAIOpenAI

Evolved Policy Gradients

Exploring advanced techniques for policy gradients in machine learning models

4/18/2018
OpenAIOpenAI

Gotta Learn Fast: A new benchmark for generalization in RL

Exploring advancements in generalization for Reinforcement Learning through a new benchmark approach.

4/10/2018
OpenAIOpenAI

Retro Contest

Explore the resurgence of vintage development challenges in the modern era.

4/5/2018
Jane StreetJane Street

OCaml all the way down

Exploring the evolution of the software stack at Jane Street from statistical research to strategy execution.

4/4/2018
Jane StreetJane Street

Putting the I back in IDE: Towards a Github Explorer

A system for editing and reviewing code that puts the I back in IDE.

3/27/2018
SoundCloudSoundCloud

Managing Unplanned and Support Tasks

A blogpost about a process for managing unplanned and support tasks to minimize interruptions and allocate more time to planned features.

3/26/2018