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Status: A Java Library For Robust System Status Health Checks

We are excited to highlight the open source availability of Status, a Java library that can report a system’s status in a readable format. The Status library enables dynamic health checks and monitoring of system dependencies. In this post, we will show how to add health checks to your applications. Why use system status health […]

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Memory Mapping with util-mmap

We are excited to highlight the open-source availability of util-mmap, a memory mapping library for Java. It provides an efficient mechanism for accessing large files. Our analytics platform Imhotep (released last year) uses it for managing data access. Why use memory mapping? Our backend services handle large data sets, like LSM trees and Lucene indexes. […]

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How Indeed Uses Proctor for A/B Testing

(Editor’s Note: This post is the second in a series about Proctor, Indeed’s open source A/B testing framework.) Proctor at Indeed In a previous blog post, we described the features and tools provided by Proctor, our open-source A/B testing framework. In this follow-up, we share details about how we integrate Proctor into Indeed’s development process. […]

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