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26th June 2020 - Link Blog

Reducing search indexing latency to one second. Really detailed dive into the nuts and bolts of Twitter’s latest iteration of search indexing technology, including a great explanation of skip lists.

Posted 26th June 2020 at 5:06 pm

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