Weāre excited to open source our data-oriented service mesh, Viaduct, which already hosts over 1.5M lines of Airbnb code. Learn more about how it can help teams scale massive graphs and join the community. bit.ly/3K8A0lN
When we expanded from Homes to Experiences & Services, our data architecture had to scale too. Here's how we built a consistent, flexible data modeling framework for a multi-product world š medium.com/airbnb-engineerinā¦
Sitar-agent: the Kubernetes sidecar behind Airbnb's dynamic configuration delivery. New post on how we built it ā and the tradeoffs we made on datastore selection, pull vs. push, and sidecar vs. in-process. š medium.com/airbnb-engineerinā¦
What do you do when the future stops looking like the past? At Airbnb, we found the answer wasn't in our own history. It was in the markets the shock reached first. medium.com/airbnb-engineerinā¦
7B nodes. 11B edges. 5M new edges a day. New post on how Airbnb rebuilt the infrastructure behind our identity graph and cut latency. medium.com/airbnb-engineerinā¦
500 tenants. 1.5M lines of code. 200 changes merged daily. All in a single service. At that scale every team needs to own their slice. Vickey Yeh is sharing how we built observability into Airbnb's GraphQL gateway from the ground up at #GraphQLConf 2026 graphql.org/conf/2026/scheduā¦
We built a new GraphQL engine and launched it with 0 spec conformance bugs. How? Fuzz testing ā finding the edge cases we didn't know to look for. James Bellenger is sharing how at #GraphQLConf 2026 @GraphQLgraphql.org/conf/2026/scheduā¦
Viaduct 1.0 is here š Our GraphQL data mesh has gone from internal tool to community-driven, production-ready open source. Stable API, Maven Central releases, open RFCs. Read more š medium.com/airbnb-engineerinā¦#GraphQL#OpenSource
š New from Airbnb Engineering: how we built Skipper, our embedded workflow engine that powers complex product flows with reliability and flexibility at scale. Deep dive into the design, tradeoffs, and lessons learned š
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Building reliable metrics at scale is hard. At Airbnb, we rebuilt our metrics storage system to be fault-tolerant, cost-efficient, and resilient to failures without sacrificing query performance. Read how we did it and what we learned along the way. medium.com/airbnb-engineerinā¦
Learn how Airbnb prioritizes user privacy while building a more connected community, empowering guests to engage socially, connect confidently, and maintain control of their personal data. medium.com/airbnb-engineerinā¦
Building reliable, high-scale observability is hard. Learn how we built a high-volume metrics pipeline to power better insight, performance, and reliability at Airbnb.
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From the D-line to defending the cloud šāļø Former pro defensive end Jonathan Woodard pivoted into tech via Airbnbās Connect Engineering Apprenticeship and now secures our cloud identity. Read his story: medium.com/airbnb-engineerinā¦#cloudsecurity#worldcloudsecurityday
How a complex, large-scale migration to an in-house observability platform led to superior tooling, consistent data, and a fundamental reset of the developer experience. medium.com/airbnb-engineerinā¦
Dive into the latest innovations at Airbnb! Check out our recap highlighting our team's groundbreaking academic publications. Discover how weāre shaping the future of travel & tech! medium.com/p/7d79f57d3b52