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ARCHIVE: From Facebook Home to Instagram Stories from 2023-11-30T17:14

We’re jumping into our time machine and going back to 2018 for an interview with Will B. about the various twists and turns that led to the creation of Instagram Stories. We will be back with a ...

57: Writing and linting Python at scale from 2023-10-30T17:22

Python at Meta is huge. Not only does it famously power Instagram's backend, but it underpins our configuration systems, much of our AI work and many services. Amethyst joins Pascal fo...

56: How Threads was built in 5 months from 2023-09-29T15:23

Threads went from idea to 100M users in just about five months. This would not have been possible without building on top of Meta's existing systems and infrastructure. Join Pascal as ...

55: What it's like to ship code at Meta from 2023-08-30T15:14

For episode 55, Pascal speaks with Katherine and returning guest Dustin, two software engineers at Meta about how to ship code at Meta. Why do we have a monorepo? Why and how do we do ...

54: Building Key Transparency at WhatsApp from 2023-07-26T16:13

In April, WhatsApp announced the launch of a new cryptographic security feature to automatically verify a secured connection based on key transparency. Key transparency helps strengthe...

53: Offensive security at Meta’s Red Team X from 2023-06-29T08:58

Red Team X is a security team at Meta that is responsible for finding and exploiting vulnerabilities in third-party products that could impact Meta's own security. The team acts as a h...

52: The success story behind PyTorch from 2023-06-02T16:06

PyTorch is now one of the most popular machine learning frameworks out there but that was not a foregone conclusion when it was released in 2016. Our host Pascal is joined by Suraj, a ...

51: Buck2 - a large-scale build system from 2023-04-06T16:12

For episode 51, Pascal speaks with Neil and Marie, two of the engineers behind Buck2, our open source, large scale build system. Thousands of developers at Meta are already using Buck2...

50: De-identified authentication at scale from 2023-03-21T09:00

If you hear privacy and your first thought is laborious processes and access management, this interview may be just as mind-expanding for you as it was for our host Pascal. He is joine...

49: Kotlin DevX at Instagram from 2023-02-27T16:28

Lisa works on the Dev Craft team at Instagram that embarked on a journey to bring Kotlin to the Instagram for Android code base a little over three years ago. Now, nearly half of the l...

48: A 94% reduction for basic video compute time on Instagram from 2023-01-25T16:29

Ryan and his team found a quick way of reducing the compute resources spent on encoding videos for Instagram by 94%, but that was actually the easy part. Tune in ...

47: Sapling - A scalable, user-friendly source control system from 2022-12-24T14:41

Confused by the syntax of git’s rebase command? Overwhelmed with branch management? Check out Meta’s new git-compatible source control management system Sapling. ...

46: Cross-Platform Video Calling with RSYS from 2022-12-19T15:52

It’s the most wonderful time of the year: The time to talk about calling libraries that power most of our audio and video calls across Meta’s app. Alice, Ishan an...

45: Syncing GitHub to Monorepo with Jon from 2022-11-30T18:54

Back from a short hiatus, Pascal is joined by Jon to talk about the infrastructure that allows commit to sync between Meta's monorepo and GitHub. While ShipIt has...

BONUS: Comparing Company Cultures with Jay from 2022-08-31T18:25:03

Ever wondered how the culture of big companies like Meta, Microsoft and Amazon differ? Jay comes with a fairly unique perspective as he has now worked at all thre...

44: Building a Cross-App Messaging Platform from 2022-07-29T18:05:15

msys is the technology that underpins most of the messaging products Meta offers. What started as a small library in C wrapping sqlite is now used by many teams a...

43: Building for the metaverse with Cami from 2022-06-30T13:05:25

Cami returns to the Meta Tech Podcast, with now having 18 months of AR/VR experience under her belt. Cami is excited to share what developers can now do on the Qu...

42: Building People-Centric Apps with Maria from 2022-05-31T10:22:24

The approach we take to building the Facebook app is based around three adjectives: trustworthy, people-centric and unified. In this episode, Pascal talks with Maria...

41: Earth Week Special - Carbon Explorer with Bilge from 2022-04-22T17:10

For our second special for Earth Week, we are talking to Bilge who works as a research scientist at Meta AI. Her open-source project Carbon Explorer evaluates sol...

40: Earth Week Special - Green AI with Ramya from 2022-04-19T17:25:13

The most recent IPCC report has reiterated that the climate crisis is an all hands on deck situation. We all need to think about the impact our actions have on th...

39: White Labeling Messenger for iOS with Amy from 2022-03-11T17:57:43

When Amy joined the Workplace team nearly seven years ago (back then still under the name Facebook for Work), it became clear that it would require a messaging servi...

38: From Sales to Tech - How Kevin Made The Switch from 2022-02-08T11:41:52

Kevin has had an unusual career path that led him to an engineering role at Meta. He first joined the company in a sales role before he moved into a more product-foc...

37: Faster and Smaller Messenger for iOS With Amy from 2022-01-31T12:00:39

New year, new us! Inside Facebook Mobile is now the Meta Tech Podcast but Pascal will continue to bring you stories about mobile development and many other topics...

36: Developer Experience with Chandrika from 2021-12-17T18:20:46

Keeping engineers effective is not a small task when you work at Meta’s scale. Many of the tools you take for granted simply break or become unbearably slow. Chan...

35: Facebook App Health with Jon from 2021-11-11T17:25:38

Did you know that you can "rage shake" your phone to create a bug report in most Meta apps? If you did, have you ever wondered what happened after you hit submit?...

34: Open Source Developer Advocacy with Cami from 2021-10-15T15:51:05

Cami is a developer advocate for Open Source and Facebook Reality Labs (FRL), our AR/VR organisation. In this episode's interview Cami and our host Pascal discuss...

33: Switching Teams at FB with Sash from 2021-09-22T16:10:55

Facebook has a unique recruitment model. Instead of being assigned to one team, you first end up in Bootcamp, where you learn how the company functions and our to...

32: Measuring UI Quality with Sara, Aaron and Patrik from 2021-08-27T12:52:25

For the third and final episode focusing on UI quality, Pascal is joined by Sara, Patrik and Aaron to discuss how design reviews happen at Facebook. Instead of lo...

31: Intentional Architecture with Yuan and Dustin from 2021-07-28T16:20:25

“What’s Facebook’s mobile architecture?” is a question we hear often. Instead of top-down MVC, MVW or MVVM, Facebook delegates the responsibility of choosing the ...

30: Linting for Design Quality with Elle from 2021-06-04T11:28:03

We are continuing our focus on UI Quality from last episode and are diving deep into design linters. Elle and her team work on Facebook-internal Figma plugins tha...

29: Design Systems with Sriram from 2021-05-13T18:19:31

To improve consistency across our family of apps, engineers have built a large number of reusable components. But how do designers communicate to engineers which ...

28: Modularising iOS Apps with Fabio from 2021-04-07T12:34:34

Fabio joins Pascal to go deep into a listener question: How does Facebook modularise iOS applications? After discussing the state of the iOS build systems and package...

27: Using Data for Better Android Notifications with Garima from 2021-02-04T17:06:34

Garima joins Rachel (@rachelnabors)...

26: Kotlin Redux with Thomas from 2020-11-26T18:14:37

Rachel (@rachelnabors) and Pascal ...

25: Instagram Reels with Kevin and Martin from 2020-08-28T18:03:55

For another socially distant interview, Pascal and Rachel are joined by Martin and Kevin who work on Instagram Reels, which had its global launch just a few weeks...

24: COVID-19 Hub with Chang, Jarman and Zaven from 2020-07-22T17:33:53

Inside Facebook Mobile is back for a special interview with the team behind the Facebook COVID-19 Info Centre. Chang, Jarman and Zaven share their experiences of ...

23: Organising the Women of React Remote Conf from 2020-04-17T15:15:48

With large-scale public events seeming rather distant right now, the concept of virtual conferences is an exciting way to stay in touch with people and learn new ...

Update: No Interview Episode for March from 2020-03-31T16:54:18

Unfortunately due to the current global pandemic, we don't have an interview for you, but stay tuned and subscribe to the feed for some remote interviews in the near future.

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22: Scaling WhatsApp with Silky from 2020-02-29T14:44:40

For the first time, Rachel and Pascal are joined by a guest from WhatsApp. Silky walks the two through a staggering array of optimisations WhatsApp deploy to make...

21: Kotlin at Facebook with Sergey from 2020-01-31T16:12

Pascal is joined by Rachel in the co-host chair for this first episode of the new decade. The two interview Sergey from the Android UI Frameworks team to discuss ...

20: droidcon London 2019, Part II from 2019-12-20T12:02:07

For the last episode of the decade, Pascal is joined by Inside Facebook Mobile royalty Emil, who shares what he has been up to since his last appearance on the po...

19: droidcon London 2019, Part I from 2019-11-15T16:27:39

Pascal went mobile again and brought the mics to this year’s droidcon Android conference in London. He interviewed the record-breaking six speakers Facebook had t...

18: Outside Facebook Mobile at the London Mobile Forum 2019 from 2019-10-18T09:17:26

Once a year, Facebook invites developers from various companies to a cosy place somewhere in East London to talk for a day about scaling challenges on mobile. This year, Mihaela and Pascal join ...

17: Hermes JS Engine Development with Marc from 2019-09-20T09:31:06

Every time we get to talk about an open-source project on our podcast, we couldn't be happier. This episode we have Marc to talk about Hermes, an open-source JavaScript engine, optimised for run...

16: React Native Developer Advocacy and Documentation Engineering with Rachel from 2019-08-16T20:02:48

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15: Infer Static Analysis for Mobile Apps with Ezgi from 2019-07-17T13:32:51

Episode 15 features a topic that might sound familiar to you if you've listened to previous editions of Inside Facebook Mobile. It's a project that provides such value to developers that it keep...

14: Facebook iOS UI Infrastructure with Adam from 2019-06-14T17:08:03

Episode 14 introduces Adam, the first dedicated iOS developer that Mihaela and Pascal have hosted on the podcast. Adam created ComponentKit, an iOS open-source framework inspired by React, and h...

13: Android UI Infrastructure with Hilal from 2019-05-17T15:36:25

Did you watch F8 this year? You've probably seen the new Facebook blue and your app got a sleeker, more modern icon. Hilal is part of the team that made that happen and he joins Mihaela and Pasc...

12: Product Management on Workplace with Chiara from 2019-04-18T14:47:44

Chiara is a Product Manager who supports the Workplace team. She joins Pascal and Mihaela on episode 12 to give some clarity on the role of a Product Manager. With a background in graphic design...

11: Secure Networking on Android with Subodh from 2019-03-15T11:55:40

Subodh, a software engineer leading the QUIC team in Menlo Park, joins us for episode 11 and talks with Mihaela and Pascal about Android networking. If you've never given much attention to the n...

10: FBLite and Fast Android Apps for Emerging Markets with Tal from 2019-02-19T12:37:11

For the 10th episode of Inside Facebook Mobile, you can listen to Tal, a Technical Program Manager based in the Tel Aviv Facebook office, who joins Pascal and Mihaela to talk about Facebook Lite...

9: Android Bytecode Optimisation with Emma from 2019-01-17T15:51:48

In this episode, Pascal and Mihaela chat with Emma about Redex, an open-source bytecode optimiser for Android apps. Emma talks about the importance and trade-offs of such optimisations and walks...

8: Android Perf at Instagram with Mona from 2018-12-13T10:55:12

In this episode, Mihaela and Pascal chat with Mona from Instagram New York. We talk about Mona's journey from working on web in California to scroll performance at Instagram and how performance ...

7: Performance and Instrumentation with Ariane from 2018-11-16T13:21:27

In this episode, Ariane joins for an in-depth conversation about performance logging. With more than 10 years focusing on this problem, Ariane moved from Facebook Seattle to Facebook London and ...

6: The Story of Stories with Lillian from 2018-10-17T10:51:52

Lillian joins Mihaela and Pascal in this episode to talk about Facebook Stories and how it took shape from a new sharing surface developed by three engineers to the mature product it is today. Y...

5: Engineering Management with Balazs from 2018-09-18T08:27:53

This episode features Balazs, a manager on the Image Infra team, who joins Mihaela and Pascal to shed some light on what it's like to be an engineering manager at Facebook. Balazs talks about so...

4: Product Design with Alisa and Stef from 2018-08-22T10:34:33

In this episode Mihaela joins Pascal for the intro to discuss the latest news in Facebook open source including Litho and Fl...

3: Release Management with Julia from 2018-06-28T08:39:14

Julia works as a technical program manager in release engineering. This means that she makes sure that all of Facebook's Android apps are released on time, which means once a week for most of th...

2.5: Quick take on Sonar with Emil from 2018-06-14T11:01:29

We just released Sonar, an extensible mobile app debugger. In this Episode Pascal interviews Emil who started the project 18 months ago about what inspired him to build it and how Sonar is used ...

2: Facebook Home and Instagram Stories with Will from 2018-06-05T09:40:43

This month Emil and Pascal talked to Will Bailey. Will has a long history at Facebook building tactile experiences and open source libraries. Now Will works at Instagram. Apart from hearing abou...

1: Litho and Sections with Mihaela from 2018-04-16T08:37:42

In this episode we interview Mihaela who works on the Native UI Frameworks team. We talk about Litho and Sections and how open source at Facebook works.

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0: Intro from 2018-04-11T11:09:48

Emil and Pascal introduce themselves and tell you about what they've planned for their new podcast.

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