As data scientists, we face a variety of problem types. One of our critical challenges is identifying the proper methodological approach to solve each problem. By doing this, we avoid force-fitting the wrong tool to solve a problem, and we avoid having to reformulate a question to fit… Read more
Here at Wayfair, we believe complexity theory to be valuable and quite helpful in terms of data center builds. In particular, there are certain ways we can use this theorem to prevent outages in the future. There will forever be unpredictable events – how do we assess their… Read more
This past weekend, Wayfair hosted the first-ever ReactJS conference on the East Coast. ReactBoston was a two-day whirlwind of talks on everything from the popular and pressing (React Fiber) to… Read more
Exaptation is an evolutionary term, where a trait that is evolved to serve one function subsequently serves another. To quote Dave Snowden, “Dinosaurs did not throw themselves out of trees and hope to eventually evolve wings.” Feathers were part of warmth, and maybe mating, but eventually this novel… Read more
Wayfair Engineering’s own Dan Milstein (@danmil) is giving an afternoon keynote tomorrow called “Reality is a Worthy Opponent” at MassTLC’s ReDev, which looks packed with great technical talks. It’s at MIT’s Samberg Conference Center in Cambridge, MA. If you’re in town, check it out! Registration (paid) here…. Read more
I’m super thrilled to announce that I’ll be representing Wayfair at 2 major conferences this year: CSS Dev Conference and the Strange Loop! My new talk “Light Speed Web with Progressive Web Apps” , which I present October 9 in New Orleans at
There are three events in Boston this week where Wayfair engineers will be speaking. On Monday, July 25th, I am on a panel called “What’s Hot in Tech: Providing Next Gen Experiences,” which is part of the MITX E-Commerce Summit 2016, being held all day, from 8:30 to 5, at……
Come hang out with us tomorrow, June 11th, from 4 pm to 9 pm, at TechJam. Not to be too transparent, but we’re hiring! We will be at booth 43, bostontechjam@wayfair.com, #btj2015. Steve Conine, Wayfair Founder and CTO, and I will be there, along with a bunch of our… Read…
Andrew Rota, an engineer in our client technologies group, is speaking in a bit, at the CSS Dev conference in New Orleans, on “Web Components and Modular CSS #components”. It’s a great talk, about these emerging standards and what’s possible to do with them. If you’re there, check it out:……
