Javascript @ Uber

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Uber runs JavaScript across frontend and backend at real scale: more than 3400 microservices, 250 web apps and multiple millions of trips per day. Core claims: Node enables fast iteration but suffers p99 latency so many backend services migrate to Go and static typing. Built and open sourced concrete tools that work in production: RingPop for application sharding, TChannel for efficient RPC, deck.gl and luma.gl for billion-point visualizations; observability uses Jaeger-style tracing and standardized dashboards for debugging.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 4:47Why JavaScript?
3. 8:52Let Builders Build
4. 9:40Uber Service Foundation
5. 11:08Marketplace Gateway
6. 11:27Logistics Challenges
7. 20:27Lessons learned scaling Node.js
8. 22:58Lessons learned scaling Uber
9. 24:47The Web Platform
10. 25:31Uber Web Platform built from Open Source
11. 27:00Frontend vs Backend
12. 28:09Visualization Frameworks

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