Building the New Netflix Experience for TV

by Joubert NelWe just launched a new Netflix experience for TV and game consoles. The new design is based on our premise that each show or movie has a tone and a narrative that should be conveyed by the UI. To tell a richer story we provide relevant evidence and cinematic art...

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Preparing the Netflix API for Deployment

At Netflix, we are committed to bringing new features and product enhancements to customers rapidly and frequently. Consequently, dozens of engineering teams are constantly innovating on their services, resulting in a rate of change to the overall service is vast and unending....

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Netflix Open Source Software Cloud Prize Winners

We launched the Netflix Open Source Software Cloud Prize in March 2013 and it got a lot of attention in the press and blogosphere. Six months later we closed the contest, took a good look at the entrants, picked the best as nominees and the panel of distinguished judges decided...

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Scryer: Netflix’s Predictive Auto Scaling Engine

by Daniel Jacobson, Danny Yuan, Neeraj JoshiTo deliver the best possible experience to Netflix customers around the world, it is critical for us to maintain a robust, scalable, and resilient system. That is why we have built (and open sourced) applications ranging from Hystrix...

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