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BackBlaze has been doing this for years, and they're well received in many online communities. They don't need to do this, and the data is arguably valuable to
by DavidPeiffer 6y ago
BackBlaze has been doing this for years, and they're well received in many online communities. They don't need to do this, and the data is arguably valuable to keep proprietary.
Are there any other examples of companies doing similar releases of valuable internal data?
- ckdarby 6y agoThe only reason I know about BackBlaze is because of their reports and the storage pod build outs they do. If they never did these I wouldn't even know about their existence. It is all apart of long term marketing and branding.
- DavidPeiffer 6y ago> It is all apart of long term marketing and branding. For sure - I can't think of any other companies with a similar approach to things though. I appreciate what they do, and the good quality write-up they provide as well. If I remember right, years ago YouTube was releasing their prior year server build. I recall things like a cool air stream being directed right at the processor, rather than cooling the whole room enough for traditional cooling methods to work well. My Google fu isn't finding the blog posts I remember reading, probably from ~2010 era.
- theelfismike 6y ago> Are there any other examples of companies doing similar releases of valuable internal data? the early OkCupid blog was really good at this This one has always stuck with me (archive version: https://www.gwern.net/docs/psychology/okcupid/whyyoushouldneverpayforonlinedating.html https://www.gwern.net/docs/psychology/okcupid/whyyoushouldne...) > It turns out you are 12.4 times more likely to get married this year if you don't subscribe to Match.com. more archives: https://www.reddit.com/r/gwern/comments/aapn1l/okcupid_blog_archives/ https://www.reddit.com/r/gwern/comments/aapn1l/okcupid_blog_...
- atYevP 6y agoYev here -> I LOVED the OkCupid blog posts. So much good stuff in there. <3