What is it like to write code 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, to talk about their careers and what it’s really like to ship code at Meta. Why does Meta have…

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Instagram Tests Out Location Tags in Notes

Instagram’s testing another element within its Notes inbox prompts, with some users now able to add a location tag to their Notes queries. As you can see in these example screens, users in the test pool can add a location marker to their note, which will then link through to the IG location page for…

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An Update on Facebook News in Europe

Today, we are announcing that in the UK, France and Germany we will deprecate Facebook News – a dedicated tab on Facebook in the bookmarks section that spotlights news – in early December.  This is part of an ongoing effort to better align our investments to our products and services people value the most. As…

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KSI reveals how much he earned from X/Twitter

X (formerly Twitter) started paying its Blue subscribers their ad revenue through the company’s monetization program. Anyone who subscribed to Blue with five million impressions on tweets over the past three months is qualified for the program.  Last July, X started rolling out the first payouts, some creators on the app received around $9,000 to…

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