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Elephant versus Dolphin: Which is Faster? Which is Smarter?
vs. Redfin recently switched some of our backend DB infrastructure from MySQL to Postgres, and we plan to wholly switch to Postgres in the near
Dear College Students: Intern at a Startup
Hi, I’m the Redfin intern that apparently asked our CEO’s wife out. I wanted to share my experience here at Redfin in hopes of helping
$549,999 is A Better Price for Your Home Than $550,001 (5% Better)
With more than 70% of home-buyers looking on the Web for real estate to buy, we wondered if it made sense when pricing a house
Making Real Estate Search Faster and More Local
Some things are universal, such as when you click on a link you want an instant reaction. Redfin’s response time hasn’t been as fast as
Redfin, By the Numbers, And an Experiment
After popping up on TechCrunch and BusinessWeek Friday and in Slashdot over the weekend, Redfin appeared on Guy Kawasaki’s blog today, in a post comparing
Getting the Time Zone from a Web Browser
Writing rich date/time features in a web app can be a pain. Apps (such as schedulers) that do math on times (e.g. ordering times) should
Redfin Expands to Oregon, First of Nine States That Outlaw Our Business Model
Spread the word! Redfin’s finally expanding to Portland, and offering search for most of Western Oregon, which will increase the number of listings on our
Party with Redfin at Glengarry Glen Ross Next Thursday
The first inspirational speech I ever got in the corporate world concluded when my old friend Kirill Sheynkman removed his gold watch and put it
Secret Squirrel and the Redfin Home-buying Class
Last night, we held one of our free home-buying classes, right here in our posh new digs. I’m in the uniquely weird position of working
And The Top Redfin Blogger For January Is…
Last November we added trackbacks to the site so that any time a blogger links to Redfin we link back. This means that home-buyers browsing
The Garage and the Penthouse
When it comes to rent, entrepreneurs are sometimes too cheap for our own good. Up ‘til Redfin’s move last week, I’d spent the last 15
Why Isn't There an Executive Master's Program in Computer Science?
Two executive MBA students just came by the house to interview me for a class on entrepreneurship. Answering questions about the #1 quality of an
