@Scott Sandler
Hacklang at Slack: A Better PHP
Slack launched in 2014 with a PHP 5 backend. Along with several other companies, we switched to HHVM in 2016…
#php
@Yingyu Sun@Mike Demmer
How Slack Built Shared Channels
Written with contributions from the Shared Channels Team. Slack was originally built to be the collaboration hub…
@Alisha Ukani
Re-architecting Slack’s Workspace Preferences: How to Move to an EAV Model to Support Scalability
Scaling is hard. Design decisions that initially seemed reasonable break down with little warning, and suddenly…
@Amy Shan
Streamlining Your Workflow: Debugging for HHVM
Digging through a large codebase to locate a bug can feel incredibly overwhelming, especially for a junior…
@Keith Adams
Taking PHP Seriously
Slack uses PHP for most of its server-side application logic, which is an unusual choice these days. Why did we…
