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Engineering
Exposing a Kafka Cluster via a VPC Endpoint Service
Establishing communications between cloud resources that are hosted on different Virtual Private Clouds (VPC) can be complex and costly. Find out how the Coban team used a VPC Endpoint Service to expose an Apache Kafka cluster across multiple Availability Zones to a different VPC. -
Product
How Grab built a scalable, high-performance ad server
Like many businesses, Grab leverages ads to create awareness and increase engagement with our consumers. Read to find out how the GrabAds team built an ad server that could scale according to our growing consumer base. -
Security
Biometric authentication - Why do we need it?
As cyberattacks get more advanced, authentication methods like one-time passwords (OTPs) and personal identification numbers (PINs) are no longer enough to protect your users. Find out how biometric authentication can help enhance security. -
Data Science
Using real-world patterns to improve matching in theory and practice
Find out how real-world patterns can be used to improve algorithm performance when performing bipartite matching for passengers and driver-partners. -
Design
Designing products and services based on Jobs to be Done
In this post, we explain how the Jobs to be Done (JTBD) framework helps uncover the JTBD for consumers, as well as how we uncovered the core needs of GrabFood consumers and aligned the product with these needs. -
Engineering
Search indexing optimisation
Learn about the different optimisation techniques when building a search index. -
Engineering
Automating Multi-Armed Bandit testing during feature rollout
Find out how you can run an automated test and simultaneously roll out a new feature. -
Product
How We Cut GrabFood.com’s Page JavaScript Asset Sizes by 3x
Find out how the GrabFood team cut their bundle size by 3 times with these 7 webpack bundle optimisation strategies.