Groupon Engineering
engineering.groupon.com · Company blog · on HN since 2012
Groupon's engineering blog covers its Node.js migration from a Rails monolith, open source tools, payments, and testing.
What HN saysHN links it for the confusing Gnome Foundation product name dispute, the monolith breakup, and Groupon's use of Docker and Kill Bill.
32HN people shared it
10linked it in comments
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Most-shared posts
- 1Gnome Foundation and Groupon product names – Updated6 people · 156 points · first shared 2014 · 42 comments on HN
- 2How Groupon migrated from a monolithic Rails app to a new Node.js infrastructure6 people · 31 points · first shared 2013 · 2 comments on HN
- 3Testium, Groupon's node.js tool for browser integration testing now open source2 people · 23 points · first shared 2014 · discussion on HN
- 4Black Hole Proxy for Selenium Testing2 people · 2 points · first shared 2013 · discussion on HN
- 5Sharing Is Caring: Open Source at Groupon2 people · 1 points · first shared 2014 · 1 comments on HN
- 6Groupon Adopts Kill Bill, the Open-source Payments Platform2 people · 1 points · first shared 2014 · discussion on HN
- 7Groupon Switches to Node.js1 people · 37 points · first shared 2013 · 4 comments on HN
- 8Processing Payments at Scale1 people · 5 points · first shared 2016 · discussion on HN
- 9Gofer – HTTP clients for Node.js1 people · 5 points · first shared 2014 · discussion on HN
- 10Building a Distributed Messaging System1 people · 2 points · first shared 2013 · discussion on HN
- 11MongoDB MapReduce With Hadoop1 people · 2 points · first shared 2013 · discussion on HN
- 12Kill Bill Metrics1 people · 2 points · first shared 2016 · discussion on HN
- 13Groupon Engineering Blog1 people · 1 points · first shared 2012 · discussion on HN
- 14Groupon’s Workflow Service, “Backbeat”, Now Open Source1 people · 1 points · first shared 2016 · discussion on HN
- 15Case Study: Poorly written Cucumber tests.1 people · 1 points · first shared 2012 · discussion on HN
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alasdair_ · 2014-11-11
Official Groupon response: https://engineering.groupon.com/2014/misc/gnome-foundation-and-groupon…
"There is some recent confusion around Groupon’s intended use of a product name that the Gnome Foundation believes infringes on their trademarks.
We love open source at Groupon. We have open sourced a number of projects on github. Our relationship with the open source community is more important to us than a product name. We’ve been communicating with the Gnome Foundation for months to try to come to a mutually satisfactory resolution, including alternative branding options, and we’re happy to continue those conversations. And if we can’t come up with a resolution, we’ll be glad to look for another name.
We will continue to have an open line of communication with the Gnome Foundation until this matter is resolved."
scrollaway · 2014-11-11
Follow-up, even more confusing post from Groupon:
https://engineering.groupon.com/2014/misc/gnome-foundation-and-groupon…
czbond · 2013-12-13
So far, I have found the following as the only mention on the inter-webs. https://engineering.groupon.com/2013/misc/i-tier-dismantling-the-monol…
SEJeff · 2015-07-07
And Docker is massively used at Groupon, so your argument isn't valid.
https://engineering.groupon.com/2014/misc/dotci-and-docker/
http://www.meetup.com/Docker-Chicago/events/220936626/
Source: I work at 600 W Chicago, the Groupon World HQ, where they frequently host Docker meetups on the 6th floor.
sbrossie · 2014-12-01
@stephane from Kill Bill.
Groupon is also using the platform (https://engineering.groupon.com/2014/misc/groupon-adopts-kill-bill-the…
snsr · 2014-11-11
The move comes across as particularly hypocritical after reading this recent Groupon Engineering blog post titled Sharing is Caring: Open Source at Groupon:
https://engineering.groupon.com/2014/open-source/sharing-is-caring-ope…
malka · 2014-11-11
terryp · 2014-09-23
I know that there's some cross-over in the Python/Scientific community with http://software-carpentry.org/ - which is interesting.
I also know that in Chicago 'apprenticeship' is a word that is thrown out there a lot.
http://www.8thlight.com/apprenticeship
https://engineering.groupon.com/2012/software-apprenticeship/groupons-…
https://www.devmynd.com/jobs/apprenticeship
AwesomeTogether · 2013-11-27
Rails performance tip: https://engineering.groupon.com/2013/misc/i-tier-dismantling-the-monol…
kristianp · 2012-06-03
Here is a relevant groupon blog post: https://engineering.groupon.com/2012/javascript/looking-forward-to-an-…
How about multiple backend support? Perhaps then someone could add a dart or NaCl backend.