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March23,2022 ComparingquantilesatscaleinonlineA/B-testing TL;DR:UsingthepropertiesofthePoissonbootstrapalgorithmandquantileestimators,wehavebeenabletoreducethecomputational[...] DataDataScience Filterby: Allcategories Allcategories BackstageDataDataScienceDesignDeveloperToolsInfrastructureMachineLearningMobileOpenSourcePeoplePlatformProductSecurityWeb March23,2022 ComparingquantilesatscaleinonlineA/B-testing TL;DR:UsingthepropertiesofthePoissonbootstrapalgorithmandquantileestimators,wehavebeenabletoreducethecomputational[...] DataDataScience March18,2022 ZelaTaino:iOSEngineer TellusmoreaboutworkingonSpotifyWrapped… AsTechLeadforWrapped,Iwasinchargeoflayingout[...] MobileMyBeat March17,2022 IntroducingNaturalLanguageSearchforPodcastEpisodes Beyondterm-basedSearchUntilrecently,SearchatSpotifyreliedmostlyontermmatching.Forexample,ifyoutypethequery[...] MachineLearning March14,2022 WhyWeSwitchedOurDataOrchestrationService TL;DRWithinSpotify,werun20,000batchdatapipelinesdefinedin1,000+repositories,ownedby300+teams—daily.The[...] DataDeveloperToolsOpenSource March11,2022 IncidentReport:SpotifyOutageonMarch8 OnMarch8,weexperiencedaglobaloutagetriggeredbyissuesinacloud-hostedservicediscoverysystemusedatSpotify.[...] Product March9,2022 ChantalDelfeld:Engineer 7:00amMyearlymorningsarespentrunningaboutaftermychildren–gettingthem dressed,givingthembreakfastandputtingon[...] BackstageDeveloperToolsInfrastructureMyBeat March4,2022 JordanLoeser:WebEngineer TellusmoreaboutworkingonSpotifyWrapped… MymainfocusonWrappedwasthesocialmediasharecards–[...] MyBeatWeb March1,2022 IntroducingNerdOut@Spotify:ANewPodcastforDevelopers TL;DRForyears,Spotify’sofficialengineeringbloghasbeengivingyouapeekbehindthecurtainatSpotifyR&D.Today,[...] DataDeveloperToolsInfrastructureMachineLearningMobilePlatformProduct February28,2022 SearchJourneyTowardsBetterExperimentationPractices  AtSpotify,weaimtobuildandimproveourproductinadata-informedway.Todothat,teamsareencouraged[...] DataDataScience February22,2022 MesfinMekonnen:SeniorEngineer  TellusmoreaboutworkingonSpotifyWrapped… IspecializeiniOSEngineeringandwasoneofafewiOS[...] MobileMyBeat February16,2022 FredWang:SeniorBackendEngineer TellusmoreaboutworkingonSpotifyWrapped… I’mpartoftheMambasteamatSpotify,whichisresponsiblefor[...] DataMobileMyBeatPeople February14,2022 IntroducingRuler:OurToolforMeasuringAndroidAppSize AtSpotify,westrivetomakeourappsavailabletoasmanypeopleaspossible.Asmobiledevelopers,thatmeans[...] DataMobileOpenSource January19,2022 ProductLessonsfromMLHome:Spotify’sOne-StopShopforMachineLearning Introduction Buildingplatformsisahardbusiness.Buildingplatformsfordiscerningmachinelearning(ML)practitionerswithbespokeneedsanda[...] MachineLearningPlatform December17,2021 TheAudioAuraStory:MysticaltoMathematical TL;DRFor2021Wrapped,wewerechallengedtovisuallyexpressauser’sAudioAurabasedonhowtheylistenedthis[...] DataDesignProduct December7,2021 ALookBehindBlend:ThePersonalizedPlaylistforYou…andYou Whatdoesittaketogofromanideaforanewplaylist,toshippingthatplaylisttoSpotifyusers[...] Product December2,2021 HowSpotifyUsesMLtoCreatetheFutureofPersonalization MachinelearningiswhatdrivespersonalizationonSpotify.Wemayhaveasingleplatformwith381milliondifferentusers,but[...] MachineLearning November18,2021 TheRise(andLessonsLearned)ofMLModelstoPersonalizeContentonHome(PartII) InPartIofthistwo-partseries,wetalkedaboutthechallengeswefacedwiththemodelsweuseto[...] DeveloperToolsMachineLearning November16,2021 IntroducingXCRemoteCache:TheiOSRemoteCachingToolthatCutOurCleanBuildTimesby70% AtSpotify,weconstantlyworkoncreatingthebestdeveloperexperiencepossibleforouriOSengineers.Improvingbuildtimesis[...] DeveloperToolsMobileOpenSource November15,2021 TheRise(andLessonsLearned)ofMLModelstoPersonalizeContentonHome(PartI) AtSpotify,ourgoalistoconnectlistenerswithcreators,andonewaywedothatisbyrecommendingquality[...] DeveloperToolsMachineLearning October20,2021 ChangingtheWheelsonaMovingBus—Spotify’sEventDeliveryMigration AtSpotify,datarulesall.Welogavarietyofdata,fromlisteninghistory,toresultsofA/Btesting,to[...] DataDataScienceDeveloperToolsInfrastructure October5,2021 AProductStory:ThreeLessonsWeLearnedfromDevelopingtheMobileApp TL;DRRememberwhatlifewaslikebeforesmartphones?Remembermanuallyhavingtosyncyourcomputer’splaylistswithyouriPodevery[...] Product September23,2021 HowBackstageMadeOurDevelopersMoreEffective—AndHowItCanHelpYours,Too What’sthebestwaytoassessyourdevelopers’experienceandperformancetodiscoverwhattheyneedhelpwith?Isit[...] BackstageDeveloperTools September7,2021 IntroducingPedalboard:Spotify’sAudioEffectsLibraryforPython We’vejustopensourcedPedalboard,Spotify’sframeworkforaddingeffectstoaudioinPython.Pedalboardmakesiteasytouse[...] DeveloperToolsMachineLearningOpenSourceProduct August4,2021 FourLessonsWeLearnedfromCreatingSpotify’sDesktopApp TL;DROvertheyears,Spotify’sbrandhasexpandedtoencompassanumberofproducts,frommobileappstowebplayers[...] PeopleProductWeb LoadMore Signupforengineeringupdates Byclickingsignupyou’llreceiveoccasionalemailsfromSpotify.Youalwayshavethechoiceto adjustyourinterestsettingsorunsubscribe.