Netflix’s Journey: Early Challenges and the Absence of Recommender Systems in Marc Randolph’s Vision
A recent 2-hour interview with Marc Randolph, the co-founder and first CEO of Netflix, provides a fascinating look into the early days of the company....
Case Study on how VistaPrint uses Amazon Personalize for product recommendations
Nothing mind-blowing, but a nice read if you have some time: A blog post by VistaPrint on how they use Amazon Personalize for creating personalized...
A look inside TikTok’s all-knowing algorithm [Charlotte Hu]
The New York Times recently reported about leaked documents on how Tik Tok’s recommender system works (PayWall). The report followed an investigation of the Wall...
Real-World Recommender Systems for Academia: The Pain and Gain in Building, Operating, and Researching them [Beel & Dinesh]
The article “Real-World Recommender Systems for Academia: The Pain and Gain in Building, Operating, and Researching Them” provides an in-depth look into the practical and...
On YouTube’s recommendation system [Cristos Goodrow]
Cristos Goodrow, VP of Engineering at YouTube, published a blog post about YouTube’s recommender system that provides “a deeper look into how YouTube’s recommendation system...
Apple’s opt-in for cross-app advertisement leads to a 15% – 20% drop in revenue, says Brian Bowman
A few months ago, Apple changed its practice regarding user-tracking across apps. Since then, Apple requires app developers to explicitly ask users whether they agree...
‘Rex’: Medium’s Recommender-System as a Microservice [Miles Hinson]
Miles Hinson writes about his experience in developing ‘Rex’, the recommender system for Medium, as a Microservice. He discusses design choices and presents a few...
Against All Odds: Netflix, From Mail-Order DVD Rentals to Streaming Dominance [Shawn Knight @ TechSpot]
Shown Knight from Techspot writes about the history of Netflix and how Netflix evolved from a mail-order DVD rental to the world’s largest streaming service....
What Twitter learned from the Recsys 2020 Challenge [Michael Bronstein et al.]
‘What Twitter learned from the Recsys 2020 Challenge’ is a blog post authored by Michael Bronstein, Luca Belli, Apoorv Sharma, Yuanpu Xie, Ying Xiao, Dan...
Spotify considers the interests of artists when recommending music to users
Spotify announced a new feature that allows artists and music labels to influence how their music is recommended to the users of Spotify. In this...