Writing delightful HTTP middleware in Go
While writing complex services in go, one typical topic that you will encounter is middleware. This topic has been discussed again, and again, and...
Backend
Speeding up Redis with compression
One of challenges we face almost everyday is to keep our API latency low. While the problem sounds simple on the surface, it gets...
Enforce Timeout: A DoorDash Reliability Methodology
“What would happen if we removed statement timeouts in our Postgresql databases?” That’s one of the questions asked in a management meeting. At the...
Scaling StatsD
Overview Monitoring is hugely important, especially for a site like DoorDash that operates 24/7. In modern-day DevOps, monitoring allows us to be responsive to...