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The Pragmatic Engineer · Apr 1, 2026
Scaling Uber with Thuan Pham (Uber’s first CTO)
“Thuan was early engineer (4th hire) at ad-tech startup; company went public and was later acquired by Google”
Dispatch System Rewriting and ScalingMonolith-to-Microservices Migration StrategyCross-Functional Team Organization (Program/Platform Model)
View AnalysisAcquired · Aug 26, 2025
Alphabet Inc.
“Acquired for $3.1B in 2007; provided programmatic display advertising infrastructure and prevented Microsoft from acquiring the leading ad exchange”
Search Engine Monetization and Ad AuctionsWeb Application Development (Ajax, JavaScript, V8)Mobile Operating System Strategy and Distribution
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