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TechCrunch+ roundup: SaaS success stats, leveraging ad tech chaos, 2022 layoff trends

TechCrunch

According to its findings, SaaS founders should target at least 80% and aim to surpass 110%. I remember the dread I felt as a startup worker during downturns when I read about mass layoffs at tech firms that had previously been considered ascendant. 5 ways to seize the opportunities created by recent chaos in ad tech.

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On Becoming a VP of Engineering, Part 2: Doing the Job

Honeycomb

Charity once said an off-hand sentence that became a mantra for my transition into the VP of Engineering role: “Directors run the company.” A successful startup engineering team has to say no to tantalizing opportunities constantly.

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Egnyte Architecture: Lessons learned in building and scaling a multi petabyte content platform

High Scalability

Egnyte Connect Tech Stack. What is the name of your system and where can we find out more about it? CFS(cloud file system), EOS (Egnyte object store), Content Security, Event Sync, Search Service, User behavior based recommendation service form major parts of the system. Data interdependence. Level of concurrent reads.