In this special edition of “Engineering Energizers,” we’re celebrating Salesforce’s 25th anniversary by showcasing 25 key productivity tools favored by leading engineers at Salesforce across India, the U.S., Israel, and Argentina. Explore the essential tools these experts rely on to enhance their productivity, tackle complex problems, and elevate innovation. 1. SLACK — A productivity platform… Continue reading 25 Productivity Tools that Power Salesforce Engineering Teams
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MLow: Meta’s low bitrate audio codec
At Meta, we support real-time communication (RTC) for billions of people through our apps, including WhatsApp, Instagram, and Messenger. We are working to make RTC accessible by providing a high-quality experience for everyone – even those who might not have the fastest connections or the latest phones. As more and more people have relied on… Continue reading MLow: Meta’s low bitrate audio codec
How Meta trains large language models at scale
As we continue to focus our AI research and development on solving increasingly complex problems, one of the most significant and challenging shifts we’ve experienced is the sheer scale of computation required to train large language models (LLMs). Traditionally, our AI model training has involved a training massive number of models that required a comparatively… Continue reading How Meta trains large language models at scale
Maintaining large-scale AI capacity at Meta
Meta is currently operating many data centers with GPU training clusters across the world. Our data centers are the backbone of our operations, meticulously designed to support the scaling demands of compute and storage. A year ago, however, as the industry reached a critical inflection point due to the rise of artificial intelligence (AI), we… Continue reading Maintaining large-scale AI capacity at Meta
Unlocking the power of mixed reality devices with MobileConfig
MobileConfig enables developers to centrally manage a mobile app’s configuration parameters in our data centers. Once a parameter value is changed on our central server, billions of app devices automatically fetch and apply the new value without app updates. These remotely managed configuration parameters serve various purposes such as A/B testing, feature rollout, and app… Continue reading Unlocking the power of mixed reality devices with MobileConfig
Sales Cloud’s AI Transformation: Welcome to the Autonomous Selling Era
In our enlightening “Engineering Energizers” Q&A series, we explore the transformative experiences of engineers who have pioneered advancements in their fields. Today, we meet Parul Jain, Vice President of Software Engineering at Salesforce, who steers AI innovations within Sales Cloud. Her team is dedicated to developing a fully autonomous selling experience by seamlessly integrating AI… Continue reading Sales Cloud’s AI Transformation: Welcome to the Autonomous Selling Era
Serverless Jupyter Notebooks at Meta
At Meta, Bento, our internal Jupyter notebooks platform, is a popular tool that allows our engineers to mix code, text, and multimedia in a single document. Use cases run the entire spectrum from what we call “lite” workloads that involve simple prototyping to heavier and more complex machine learning workflows. However, even though the lite… Continue reading Serverless Jupyter Notebooks at Meta
SRE Weekly Issue #428
View on sreweekly.com A message from our sponsor, FireHydrant: We’ve gone all out on our new integration with Microsoft Teams. If you’re a MS Teams user, FireHydrant now supports the most comprehensive integration for incident management. Run the entire IM process without ever leaving the chat. https://firehydrant.com/blog/introducing-a-brand-new-microsoft-teams-integration/ The Reverse Red Herring This article presents in… Continue reading SRE Weekly Issue #428
Revolutionizing AI: How SageMaker Enhances Salesforce Einstein’s Large Language Model Latency and Throughput
Written by Pawan Agarwal and Peiheng Hu In our “Engineering Energizers” Q&A series, we explore the transformative journeys of Salesforce engineering leaders who are spearheading significant advancements in their fields. Today, we meet Pawan Agarwal, Senior Director of Software Engineering, who leads the Einstein AI Platform team — a team dedicated to enhancing the performance… Continue reading Revolutionizing AI: How SageMaker Enhances Salesforce Einstein’s Large Language Model Latency and Throughput
SRE Weekly Issue #427
View on sreweekly.com A message from our sponsor, FireHydrant: We’ve gone all out on our new integration with Microsoft Teams. If you’re a MS Teams user, FireHydrant now supports the most comprehensive integration for incident management. Run the entire IM process without ever leaving the chat. https://firehydrant.com/blog/introducing-a-brand-new-microsoft-teams-integration/ Why didn’t you status? Written by a GitHub… Continue reading SRE Weekly Issue #427