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The Best Blog Post I’ve Read in a Long Time
Anyone who reads this blog even casually knows that Union Square Venture’s Fred Wilson is one of my favorite bloggers. He somehow writes every day,
What Starbucks Learned About Learning
As part of our 2010 brown-bag series of workshops, Redfin on Friday hosted Christine McHugh to talk about what she learned about training folks in
Synchronous/Asynchronous Switching with Varnish
When your webapp is serving up content that’s expensive to generate, you may want to serve it up asynchronously- via AJAX calls. This is particularly
The Hangover
Redfin has hardly been an advocate for real estate tax credits. When the original first-time home-buyer credit was set to expire last November, we urged
ESI and Caching Trickery in Varnish
Varnish is a high performance, flexible, open source HTTP accelerator. We started using Varnish at Redfin in our last major release, a few weeks ago.
Engineer-to-Engineer Talk: How and Why Twitter Uses Scala
To kick off our San Francisco series of engineer-to-engineer lectures on new technologies and interesting problems in consumer software, we invited in the Great Alex
Redfin Brings Childcare Information to Home Listings
Home searchers can now see nearby daycare and preschool options from Winnie directly on Redfin, making it easier to understand whether a neighborhood works for
40 Redfin Agents Earn Top Honors in Chicago Magazine’s Latest Ranking of Chicago’s Top Real Estate Agents
Cheers to the 40 Redfin agents who were recognized in the Chicago Magazine‘s annual ranking of the metro area’s top real estate professionals. It highlights
The Home Search Landscape is Changing. If You’re Not on Redfin, You May Be Missing Homes for Sale.
Traditionally, most homes for sale appear on all the major real estate portals the day they list. While this gives the home maximum visibility on
Redfin Partners With The Weather Company to Bring Weather Data to Every Home Listing
Homebuyers can now view temperature, precipitation, snowfall, humidity and UV index information on all for-sale listings When you’re buying a home, it’s about more than
Jim Dalrymple Joins Rocket as Principal of Industry Relations
Rocket has hired Jim Dalrymple as principal of industry relations, a role focused on building relationships with MLSs, trade associations, brokerage leaders and technology partners
Seller Choice Keeps Winning, Quietly
CRMLS, the largest real estate listing service in the country, just gave home sellers a more flexible way to bring their home to the market
