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Choosing a Reactive Programming Framework for Modern Android Development
Choosing a Reactive Programming Framework for Modern Android Development
When embarking on the journey of developing a new application, a team must establish the foundational technologies upon which their…
Elijah Verdoorn
Sep 6, 2019
AsyncTask, Rx, and Coroutines… Oh My!
AsyncTask, Rx, and Coroutines… Oh My!
An Android Apprentice’s journey to understand Pandora’s migration from AsyncTask to newer APIs
Liz Nelson
Sep 5, 2019
Announcing Bottom Navigator
Announcing Bottom Navigator
An Android Multiple Backstack Bottom Navigation Library
Miguel Vargas
Aug 16, 2019
Crafting the Perfect Internship Playlist
Crafting the Perfect Internship Playlist
Disclaimer: These are my experiences from being a Pandora software developer intern in the summer of 2019. All opinions expressed are my…
Uthman Alibalogun
Jul 29, 2019
AndroidX Migration
AndroidX Migration
A lesson in Git, Gradle, and Patience
Charles Anderson
Mar 11, 2019
Wake up to Pandora with the Clock app from Google
Wake up to Pandora with the Clock app from Google
It’s 7 o’clock. I tug my blanket tightly over my face, hoping to whisk the morning away. The sound of my favorite playlist soothes me to a…
Uchenna F. Okoye
Mar 6, 2019
What Is Readable Code?
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What Is Readable Code?
Code creates interfaces. But code itself is also an interface.
Janeen Neri
Feb 11, 2019
Quality Conversations
Quality Conversations
The way you give feedback to employees makes a huge difference.
Dave Edwards
Jan 14, 2019
Keeping Pace with New iOS Releases
Keeping Pace with New iOS Releases
How We Updated Pandora on iOS 12 Launch Day
Debayan Majumdar
Jan 7, 2019
One Audio Sequencer to Rule Them All
One Audio Sequencer to Rule Them All
Last month Pandora announced a public podcast beta in conjunction with the Podcast Genome Project. This rollout introduced many exciting…
William Seemann
Dec 5, 2018
Investing in Pandora’s Core Differentiators
Investing in Pandora’s Core Differentiators
Data is one of Pandora’s core differentiators. Since the launch of our service in 2005, Pandora listeners have created 13 billion stations…
Brett Uyeshiro
Nov 26, 2018
Using MemSQL to Query Hundreds of Billions of Rows in a Dashboard
Using MemSQL to Query Hundreds of Billions of Rows in a Dashboard
Overview
Kaan Erdener
Aug 13, 2018
Engineering Interviews at Pandora
Engineering Interviews at Pandora
Congratulations! You have an onsite interview at Pandora. Now what?
Wayne Christopher
Jul 13, 2018
KBrowse: Kafka Search
KBrowse: Kafka Search
Pandora is happy to announce our release of KBrowse as an open source project!
Patrick Tuckey
Jun 15, 2018
Building the Next Generation of Personalized Themed Playlists
Building the Next Generation of Personalized Themed Playlists
Claire Dorman, Oriol Nieto, and Erik Schmidt
Claire Dorman
May 23, 2018
Apache Airflow at Pandora
Apache Airflow at Pandora
Big data pipelines don’t run themselves. Beyond the obvious need to scale pipelines up to large data volumes, there’s a lot of work that…
Ace Haidrey
Mar 15, 2018
Saving the (Dev) Environment
Saving the (Dev) Environment
Disposable Environments
Eric Huynh
Jan 29, 2018
The Value of Sound Design in Audio Ads
The Value of Sound Design in Audio Ads
Zhen Zhu, David Reiley and Kate Hawkins
Zhen Zhu
Dec 1, 2017
I Just Gantt Get Enough
I Just Gantt Get Enough
For the past few years, I’ve worked as a Technical Project Manager at Pandora, helping to ship some of the company’s most ambitious…
Andrew Von Rosenbach
Oct 27, 2017
It’s About Time
It’s About Time
Building Pandora for Android Wear 2.0
Allison Van Pelt
Sep 27, 2017
A Brief Study of Supernovas
A Brief Study of Supernovas
Grunge, Depression, and a Career in Engineering
Dave Blundell
Aug 17, 2017
Artist Affinity Targeting
Artist Affinity Targeting
The Creator Services team was finally ready to pilot our Artist Audio Messaging feature, where artists could connect to fans in their own…
Katrina Glaeser
Jul 18, 2017
Promotional Song Targeting
Promotional Song Targeting
Results and design of the framework for intelligently and seamlessly promoting tracks on Pandora
Andrew Asman
Jul 18, 2017
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