Mars: Facebook keeps maps current and accurate

We developed two new tools to help us keep pace with OSM updates: Logical changesets (LoChas) and our new machine-augmented automatic review system (MaRS). | Continue reading


@engineering.fb.com | 4 years ago

Integrating Autoconversion: Facebook’s Path from Zawgyi to Unicode

To help Myanmar continue its transition to Unicode, we are announcing that we’ve implemented font converters in Facebook and Messenger. | Continue reading


@engineering.fb.com | 4 years ago

Redesigning our systems to provide more control over Off-Facebook Activity

Off-Facebook Activity allows people to see the apps and websites that choose to share activity with us and to disconnect that activity from their accounts. | Continue reading


@engineering.fb.com | 4 years ago

Hermes: An open source JavaScript engine optimized for React Native

Hermes improves app performance, focusing on React Native apps, even on mass-market devices with limited memory, storage, and computing power. | Continue reading


@engineering.fb.com | 4 years ago

XARs: An efficient system for self-contained executables

XARs are single, highly compressed files containing all necessary executable dependencies and execute as quickly as natively installed applications. | Continue reading


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Facebook uses static analysis to detect and prevent security issues

Zoncolan helps security engineers scale their work by using static analysis to examine code and detect security or privacy issues. | Continue reading


@engineering.fb.com | 4 years ago

EGG: A toolkit for multi-agent language emergence simulations

EGG is a toolkit that allows researchers to create game simulations in which two agents devise their own communication system to solve a task together. | Continue reading


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