{"id":356227,"date":"2010-02-23T16:50:54","date_gmt":"2010-02-23T21:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.readwriteweb.com\/archives\/twitters_open_engineering_initiative_gets_official.php"},"modified":"2010-02-23T16:50:54","modified_gmt":"2010-02-23T21:50:54","slug":"twitters-open-engineering-initiative-gets-official-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/356227","title":{"rendered":"Twitter&#8217;s Open Engineering Initiative Gets Official Launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"twitter engineering open source\" src=\"http:\/\/www.readwriteweb.com\/jolie-twitter-logo.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"147\">For the past couple weeks, we&#8217;ve been following some interesting developments with Twitter &#8211; things that most end users probably would not know or care about.<\/p>\n<p>As we suspected, the quickly growing company is putting more emphasis on engineering, taking &#8220;steps&#8230; to make our engineering division more open and transparent,&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.twitter.com\/2010\/02\/open-engineering.html\">according to<\/a> the team&#8217;s infrastructure manager, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/evan\">Evan Weaver<\/a>. &#8220;Much of Twitter&#8217;s success has been enabled by open-source software, and we want to give back,&#8221; he continues. And there&#8217;s a lot of giving back going on, from a new blog to new recruiting efforts.<\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\">tweetmeme_url = 'http:\/\/www.readwriteweb.com\/archives\/twitters_open_engineering_initiative_gets_official.php';tweetmeme_source = 'rww';<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/tweetmeme.com\/i\/scripts\/button.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p> Read on, and let us know your opinions in the comments.<\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><em>Sponsor<\/em><br \/><a href='http:\/\/d.ads.readwriteweb.com\/ck.php?n=18409&amp;cb=18409' ><img src='http:\/\/d.ads.readwriteweb.com\/avw.php?zoneid=14&amp;cb=18409&amp;n=18409' border='0' alt='' \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>An Open Source Directory<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.readwriteweb.com\/twitter-eng-1.png\"><\/p>\n<p>This <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/about\/opensource\">new directory<\/a> lists all the public software that Twitter&#8217;s in-house developers have created or contributed to. &#8220;Everyone is welcome to use this software for their own projects,&#8221; Weaver wrote, &#8220;and if the project is Twitter-related, so much the better.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>The Official Twitter Engineering Blog<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.readwriteweb.com\/twitter-eng-2.png\"><\/p>\n<p>For those interested in the nitty-gritty, day-to-day challenges of developing and maintaining Twitter&#8217;s products and features, this blog will keep them up to date. Current posts include information on local trends, capacity issues and uses for Twitter&#8217;s translation libraries.<\/p>\n<h2>They&#8217;re Hiring!<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.readwriteweb.com\/twitter-eng-3.png\"><\/p>\n<p>The icing on the cake is Twitter&#8217;s new <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jobs\">recruitment methods<\/a>. &#8220;We&#8217;ve updated our job descriptions to better reflect our company culture and the skills we&#8217;re looking for,&#8221; wrote Weaver. &#8220;My team is looking for performance, systems, and Ruby engineers, but the company is hiring across all groups, so check out our full listings.&#8221; Twitter also recently launched a <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jointheflock\">recruitment Twitter account<\/a>, with updates on blog posts and new openings.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, you can follow <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/TwitterEng\">Twitter Engineering<\/a> on Twitter &#8211; duh.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.readwriteweb.com\/archives\/twitters_open_engineering_initiative_gets_official.php#comments-open\">Discuss<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/XZqKIT2kCe2_vqhKp6I-FQ9Xi60\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/XZqKIT2kCe2_vqhKp6I-FQ9Xi60\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/XZqKIT2kCe2_vqhKp6I-FQ9Xi60\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/XZqKIT2kCe2_vqhKp6I-FQ9Xi60\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?a=lbB8ouXTvns:yYa5ds_CEcc:FFnlKYwJmN0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?d=FFnlKYwJmN0\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?a=lbB8ouXTvns:yYa5ds_CEcc:Ij26kaj3iuU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?d=Ij26kaj3iuU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?a=lbB8ouXTvns:yYa5ds_CEcc:C2pbw5bZMiI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?d=C2pbw5bZMiI\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?a=lbB8ouXTvns:yYa5ds_CEcc:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?a=lbB8ouXTvns:yYa5ds_CEcc:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?i=lbB8ouXTvns:yYa5ds_CEcc:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?a=lbB8ouXTvns:yYa5ds_CEcc:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?i=lbB8ouXTvns:yYa5ds_CEcc:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?a=lbB8ouXTvns:yYa5ds_CEcc:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?i=lbB8ouXTvns:yYa5ds_CEcc:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?a=lbB8ouXTvns:yYa5ds_CEcc:OqabYuBsmOY\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?d=OqabYuBsmOY\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/readwriteweb\/~4\/lbB8ouXTvns\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the past couple weeks, we&#8217;ve been following some interesting developments with Twitter &#8211; things that most end users probably would not know or care about. 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