March 2018 Summaries

Stream concluded 2017 with the launch of Stream V2, featuring significant performance improvements powered by Go, RocksDB, and Raft, which now supports over 300 million users and offers multi-region support. The switch from Cassandra to RocksDB has been a major advancement, also adopted by other companies like Instagram. Stream V2 boasts reduced latency, especially for customers in Asia and Europe, as evidenced by Sketchfab's performance improvements. The company has outlined a roadmap for 2018 focusing on enhancements such as improved filtering, a React component library for feeds, support for likes and comments, enrichment and normalization processes, expanded personalization options, and ongoing performance and scalability improvements. Stream is also committed to enhancing its documentation to aid user integration and seeks feedback from its community to continue refining the API.

Winds was an innovative open-source application designed to transform how users interact with RSS feeds and podcasts by offering a personalized and integrated content consumption experience, though it is now sunset and unsupported. Developed with Stream's technology, Winds provided a seamless platform for discovering, reading, and sharing content, allowing users to manage podcasts and RSS feeds within a single interface and facilitating easy migration from other services. Its open-source nature enabled continuous evolution through global developer collaboration, while its personalized content curation was powered by advanced machine learning algorithms. Built using modern technologies like React, Redux, and Node.js, and supported by partners such as Algolia and AWS, Winds aimed to redefine digital content engagement by prioritizing openness, integration, and personalization.