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How Discord Indexes Trillions of Messages
Learn how Discord scaled its search infrastructure to index trillions of messages and unlock new features.
Discord Appoints Humam Sakhnini as Chief Executive Officer
Discord names Humam Sakhnini as the company’s new CEO as co-founder Jason Citron remains on the board and transitions to CEO advisor.
Passing the Torch
Read the message sent to Discord employees from CEO Jason Citron sharing his decision to transition out of the role and appoint Humam Sakhnini as the company's new chief executive.
Need for speed: 9 tips to supercharge Redpanda
Redpanda is fast, but to get it running at full speed, you need to make sure you’re optimizing your infrastructure, data architecture, and application design. Here’s how to do it.
Swarm Testing Data Structures
We discovered a cute little pattern the other day when refactoring TigerBeetle’s intrusive queue — using Zig’s comptime reflection for exhaustively testing data structure’s public API. Isn’t it cool when your property test fails when you add a new API, because “public API is tested” is one of the pr...
Worthy of a Plaque: Nameplates Land in the Shop
Today, we’re announcing a brand new way to express yourself: Nameplates. Add a pop of personality to your display name when it’s shown in your favorite chat channels. Read on to see how they work!
Make More Closet Space! Nitro Members Can Now Keep Avatar Decoration Quest Rewards for Longer
With Nitro, your Quest rewards don’t fade—hold onto exclusive decorations long after the adventure ends.
How to Use Discord’s In-Game Overlay to Talk While Playing on PC
Discord’s In-Game Overlay lets you join voice and video calls, see who’s talkin’, and stream your gameplay without ever having to alt-tab out of your current match! Learn how it works and how you can customize it to your liking.
Overclocking dbt: Discord's Custom Solution in Processing Petabytes of Data
Explore how Discord supercharged dbt with a tailored solution designed for performance, developer productivity, and data quality.
Wicked Saints Turns Players into IRL Superheroes with the Help of e.l.f. Beauty and Discord
First-of-its-kind gaming platform, World Reborn, launches an 8-week limited run to empower players toward real-life impact through brand-led missions.
Discord Patch Notes: April 3, 2025
Check out the finer details of the more technical fixes implemented into Discord recently.
Staff Picks, April 2025: All The Adaptations
With all the new video game adaptations coming out in April, we’re asking Veronica, Cody, and Emi what their favorite ones have been so far and which games deserve a great adaptation that has yet to come.
MAJOR NEWS: DISCORD ANNOUNCES ITS FIRST IN-HOUSE AAAA VIDEO GAME, “THE LAST MEADOW”
Discord’s new in-house studio Big Wump Games announces its first release: The Last Meadow. Available from April 1 to April 7, 2025 exclusively on Discord.
Checkpoint 2: Our First Year With Discord Quests
In 2024, we launched Quests, an innovative rewarded ad format designed for Discord’s gaming audience. Join us as we look back at over 70 campaigns run during our first year.
How to Create & Upload Your Own Stickers on Discord
Stickers on Discord let you express yourself in BIG ways. Learn how to create, upload, and use stickers on Discord.
Why We Designed TigerBeetle's Docs from Scratch
We recently rebuilt TigerBeetle’s docs site from scratch. We wanted to apply TigerStyle and first principles thinking, not only to our database but also to our docs. To give users the fastest possible experience, given how much time they spend reading, and to do this without the dependency of Docusa...
A Descent Into the Vörtex
We’re huge fans of Deterministic Simulation Testing (DST) at TigerBeetle, which enables us to perfectly reproduce complex failures of a distributed system on a single laptop. But that’s not today’s story! We’ve added an intentionally non-deterministic testing harness, the Vörtex!