How WhatsApp Didn’t Have Code Reviews Until It Was Acquired By Facebook
WhatsApp was, by almost any measure, the most efficiently run engineering organisation in tech history. Jean Lee, engineer number 19 at WhatsApp and…
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Facebook Founder Mark Zuckerberg Had Not Talked At All During Their First Meeting, Reveals Marc Andreessen
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg had been known to be a reluctant public speaker in his early years — he’d once turned red and…
HSBC India Asks Users To Change Their Passwords To Upper Case, Raises Eyebrows Among Tech Community
Internet banking is supposed to be one of the most secure online services around, but a recent email from HSBC to its Indian…
Elon Musk Doesn’t Meditate, Journal, Or Have A Morning Routine, Reveals Author
There’s no shortage of advice on how to improve productivity through meditation, journaling or elaborate morning routines on the internet, but the most…
Instagram Founder Kevin Systrom Hasn’t Posted On The Platform Since 2018
Instagram now has 3 billion monthly active users, but its first-ever user isn’t one of them. Kevin Systrom — the Stanford-educated programmer who…
When A Colleague Told Jeff Bezos That He Had Enough Ideas To “Destroy” Amazon
The best companies are based on novel ideas, but having too many ideas can sometimes be counterproductive. In a revealing anecdote, Amazon founder…
This Is What Elon Musk’s House In Texas Looks Like
Elon Musk might be closing in on becoming the world’s first trillionaire, but some aspects of his life don’t quite reflect his astounding…
How Ray Tomlinson Picked The @ Symbol For Emails In 1971 That’s Still Widely Used Today
Many of the building blocks of the internet — which we now consider to be a part and parcel of the service —…
Supabase Says That Access To Its Website Is Fully Restored For Indian Users After Govt Intervention
Supabase is finally back for Indian users. The popular open-source backend platform announced that access to its website, supabase.co, has been fully restored…