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Matthew O'Riordan
Matthew O'Riordan
London, UK
CEO and co-founder of Ably. Previously co-founded Econsultancy, sold in 2012. Love programming, distributed systems, product design, and skiing, kite surfing and skydiving.
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Ably secures $7M funding to set a new standard in realtime messaging
Ably news
3 min read

Ably secures $7M funding to set a new standard in realtime messaging

Matthew O'Riordan
Apr 6, 2020
What is a distributed systems engineer?
Ably engineering
6 min read

What is a distributed systems engineer?

Matthew O'Riordan
Nov 25, 2019
Five strategies to remove single points of DNS failure
Ably engineering
14 min read

Five strategies to remove single points of DNS failure

Matthew O'Riordan
Oct 23, 2019
Google - polling like it's the 90s
Ably engineering
10 min read

Google - polling like it's the 90s

Matthew O'Riordan
Oct 2, 2019
Technical debt: the good, the bad, the reckless
Ably engineering
8 min read

Technical debt: the good, the bad, the reckless

Matthew O'Riordan
Apr 9, 2019
Improved account management tools
Ably news
3 min read

Improved account management tools

Matthew O'Riordan
Sep 25, 2018
Hidden scaling issues of distributed systems - System design in the real world
Ably engineering#freddie
34 min read

Hidden scaling issues of distributed systems - System design in the real world

Matthew O'Riordan
Aug 1, 2018
Why IoT in Healthcare matters and what you should know about it
Industry Trends#freddie
7 min read

Why IoT in Healthcare matters and what you should know about it

Matthew O'Riordan
Jul 11, 2018
Upgrading to Node v8 has significantly reduced our operating costs
Ably engineering
6 min read

Upgrading to Node v8 has significantly reduced our operating costs

Matthew O'Riordan
Jun 21, 2018
Data is no longer at REST
Industry Trends
19 min read

Data is no longer at REST

Matthew O'Riordan
Jun 13, 2018
How live comments are changing the way we communicate
Industry Trends#freddie
5 min read

How live comments are changing the way we communicate

Matthew O'Riordan
Jun 12, 2018
Design patterns for sports apps and live event platforms
Industry Trends
10 min read

Design patterns for sports apps and live event platforms

Matthew O'Riordan
May 3, 2018
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