From vendors to vanguard: Airbnb’s hard-won lessons in observability ownership
How a complex, large-scale migration to an in-house observability platform led to superior tooling, consistent data,...
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How we built a destination recommendation model that helps users spark inspiration and narrow down choices...
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It Wasn’t a Culture Problem: Upleveling Alert Development at Airbnb
How we changed our Observability as Code alert review process and cut development cycles from weeks...
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Building a Next-Generation Key-Value Store at Airbnb
How we completely rearchitected Mussel, our storage engine for derived data, and lessons learned from the...
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From Static Rate Limiting to Adaptive Traffic Management in Airbnb’s...
How Airbnb hardened Mussel, our key-value store, with smarter traffic controls to stay fast and reliable...
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Pay as a Local
How Airbnb rolled out 20+ locally relevant payment methods worldwide in just 14 months
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Academic Publications & Airbnb Tech: 2025 Year in Review
2025 was a big year for research at Airbnb, as we made significant progress toward our...
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