A two-part series on how eBay turned around an impeding staging environment into its biggest asset for developer productivity. — This is the final installment of our two-part series on how eBay turned around an impeding staging environment into its biggest asset for developer productivity. In our first article, we explored if staging should exist, and explained why we decided to pursue staging. We also outlined our problem statements and…

A two-part series on how eBay turned around an impeding staging environment into its biggest asset for developer productivity. — The act of staging either in plays, real estate or software development has been an industry practice for many decades. The staging methods have evolved over the years and continue to play a critical role in its associated fields. When it comes to software development, staging is the environment where…

For the last two years, I have been publishing a list of books that I genuinely find impactful. But 2020, like many, has been quite different for me. This year profoundly made me realize how valuable books can be in your life. With everything happening around you, good books tend…

We challenged more than 100 college students at seven universities to structure listing data using AI and machine learning. — At eBay, we use state-of-the-art machine learning (ML), statistical modeling and inference, knowledge graphs, and other advanced technologies to solve business problems associated with massive amounts of data, much of which enters our system unstructured, incomplete, and sometimes, incorrect. To help surface fresh ideas on how we can solve this…

In 2018 I published my first reading list. Another year has swiftly elapsed. Continuing with the tradition, I am posting the 2019 list of non-fiction books that I thoroughly enjoyed and found genuinely impactful. Like last year, the list includes a wide range of topics that empowers you to understand…

Trade has played a critical role in the history of humanity and yet, data from ecommerce, the modern form of trading, has received limited attention from academia. We at eBay want to change that. At eBay, we use state-of-the-art machine learning (ML), statistical modeling and inference, knowledge graphs, and other…

By Senthil Padmanabhan and Pranav Jha From the time it was announced, WebAssembly caused a huge buzz in the front-end world. The web community readily embraced the idea of taking code written in programming languages other than JavaScript and running that code in the browser. Above all WebAssembly consistently guarantees…