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What’s it like to write code at Meta?

Engineering at Meta

Ever wonder what it’s like to write code at Meta’s scale? On the latest episode of the Meta Tech Podcast , Meta engineer Pascal Hartig ( @passy ) sits down with Dustin Shahidehpour and Katherine Zak, two software engineers at Meta, about their careers and what it’s really like to ship code at Meta.

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Can ChatGPT Write Code? A Guide on Utilizing Its Coding Abilities

Knowledge Hut

Can ChatGPT write code? It can also be used to create code. Its ability to generate code is a testament to its versatility and potential in the software development realm. Can ChatGPT Write Code? Although ChatGPT was not created for the purpose of writing code, it can help. How to Use ChatGPT to Write Code?

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Automating dead code cleanup

Engineering at Meta

Meta’s Systematic Code and Asset Removal Framework (SCARF) has a subsystem for identifying and removing dead code. SCARF combines static and dynamic analysis of programs to detect dead code from both a business and programming language perspective. These are combined and form an augmented dependency graph.

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Code Review on Printed Paper: an Excerpt from the Twitoons Comic Book

The Pragmatic Engineer

Today’s newsletter closes with a full chapter from this book, visualizing when Elon Musk demanded all Twitter software engineers print out their code on paper (!!) and report for code review. Code review on printed paper: an excerpt from the Twitoons book A year ago, the end of October 2022 was a very turbulent time at Twitter.

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New Study: 2018 State of Embedded Analytics Report

Why do some embedded analytics projects succeed while others fail? We surveyed 500+ application teams embedding analytics to find out which analytics features actually move the needle. Read the 6th annual State of Embedded Analytics Report to discover new best practices. Brought to you by Logi Analytics.

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5 Coding Tasks ChatGPT Can’t Do

KDnuggets

ChatGPT can generate pretty good code from scratch, but it can't do anything that would take your job. This is a pretty good list of what ChatGPT can't do. But it's not exhaustive.

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Data Engineering Best Practices - #1. Data flow & Code

Start Data Engineering

Write DRY code & keep I/O separate from data transformation 3.5. Best practices 3.1. Use standard patterns that progressively transform your data 3.2. Ensure data is valid before exposing it to its consumers (aka data quality checks) 3.3. Avoid data duplicates with idempotent pipelines 3.4.

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Monetizing Analytics Features: Why Data Visualizations Will Never Be Enough

Think your customers will pay more for data visualizations in your application? Five years ago they may have. But today, dashboards and visualizations have become table stakes. Discover which features will differentiate your application and maximize the ROI of your embedded analytics. Brought to you by Logi Analytics.