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Luke Millar is a seasoned software engineer with extensive experience across the spectrum, from small startups to industry giants. Following the acquisition of his former venture, Projector, by Medium, Luke has taken the helm as the Vice President of Engineering at Medium, spearheading key initiatives and charting the course for technical excellence. Topics discussed include:  Small Medium Team Tremendous Impact Medium’s Phases Going Faster Being Acquired Visual Storytelling Changes @ Medium Employee Retention Work & Fun Meaningful Goals Team Building Halving Amazon Costs Technical Improvements Hiding Behind Big Teams Engineering Ladders Clarity Helps Introducing Levels Impacting Business Domain Expertise Experienced Engineers In-House Solutions Maintaining Tech Costs Build vs Buy GitHub’s Changes Making Users Happy Listen To Users Medium’s Scale Medium’s System GraphQL Queries Spikey Traffic Cost Issues Caching Layers News Traffic Unpredictable Spikes 10000 Requests Per Second GraphQL At Medium GraphQL P