Blog
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Causal Inference Using Instrumental Variables
Data Scientists often find themselves repeating the mantra “Correlation is not causation.” It’s a good thing to remind our stakeholders — and ourselves — constantly because data can be treacherous, and because the human mind can’t help bu...
| September 27, 2021 -
Why a Generic Payment Platform Is Crucial for the Company You Plan to Become
You should think about adding a payment gateway in a generic way to enable scale and innovation to support your growing business.
| September 27, 2021 -
Introducing Age Verification
A new way for users to access innovative social capabilities and age-appropriate content while also ensuring the safety of our community.
| September 21, 2021 -
Celebrating Our 2021 Interns
Our intern class of 2021 has left their mark on the metaverse with fresh and innovative ideas that surpassed all expectations.
| September 09, 2021 -
The Future of Communication in the Metaverse
We believe that the metaverse is for everyone. It follows that the communication capabilities we create must also be for everyone.
| September 02, 2021 -
Express Yourself with Display Names
Use the name you want. Here’s how.
| June 28, 2021 -
Improving Front-End Memory Usage by 30x on Carousel Loading
In Q2 of 2020, we had a tech refactor on the experiences page, rewriting into React and consuming REST API. But during the implementation, we found an interesting problem. There are around 20 carousels on the experiences page, each with at least 60 t...
| May 27, 2021 -
Type Inference in Luau
Since 2006, Roblox developers have been using the Lua programming language to create games and interactive experiences on Roblox. Roblox developers come from all walks of life and all levels of experience and their creations are just as varied. Some ...
| May 11, 2021 -
Network Packet Loss & Latency Monitoring on Roblox Cloud
The Roblox Network Engineering team maintains a large, fast-growing network with data center and point of presence (POP) sites distributed across the globe. Delivering a great user experience on the Roblox platform is dependent on the performance and...
| April 08, 2021 -
Hack Week Returns for Another Innovative Year
Our first fully remote Hack Week brings 86 new projects from concept to creation.
| March 18, 2021