Sat.Apr 08, 2017 - Fri.Apr 14, 2017

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Improving Swift Compilation Times from 12 to 2 Minutes

Zalando Engineering

With our Fleek app growing and new features being introduced, its compile times have started to become a real challenge. We recently discovered that to compile the app or just make a minor change it would take approximately 12 minutes. We wanted to cut this time dramatically to improve the customer experience overall, as well as our work overhead. In this article, I’ll show how we managed to decrease it to just 2 minutes.

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Tech Destination: Berlin

Zalando Engineering

In terms of branding, Berlin does very well. It’s been known as a haven for gifted fugitives or creators – or both – since the roaring twenties, and while the city’s squat skyline remains low the ceiling for success is inordinately high. Berlin’s startup scene is a constant newsmaker , as its growth rockets and it’s inevitably compared to older tech hubs like London or Silicon Valley.

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Parallel Computing with Scala

Zalando Engineering

In the current world, data is growing progressively, with larger or more complex computation problems needing to be solved. What should we do about solving problems that don’t fit on a single core CPU or can’t be solved in reasonable time? Parallel programming not only solves these problems but also reduces computation time. All computers are multi-core processors these days, even your iPhone 4s has two cores.

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