How Airbnb safeguards changes in production

1 · Airbnb · Sept. 6, 2022, 5:30 p.m.
Part II: Near Real-time ExperimentsBy: Mike Lin, Preeti Ramasamy, Toby Mao, Zack Loebel-BegelmanIn our first post we discussed the need for a near real time Safe Deploy system and some of the statistics that power its decisions. In this post we will cover the architecture and engineering choices behind the various components that Safe Deploys comprises.Designing a near real-time experimentation system required making explicit tradeoffs among speed, precision, cost, and resiliency. An early decis...