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Creating a Modern OCR Pipeline Using Computer Vision and Deep Learning - Dropbox

In this post we will take you behind the scenes on how we built a state-of-the-art Optical Character Recognition (OCR) pipeline for our mobile document scanner. We used computer vision and deep learning advances such as bi-directional Long Short Term Memory (LSTMs), Connectionist Temporal...

In short: Learn to build a modern OCR pipeline with Computer Vision & Deep Learning! This article covers Word Deep Net, Word Detector, and an End-to-End system. Start prototyping today! (AI summary)

Acompli improves mobile email app experience with Dropbox document preview API - Dropbox

Acompli improves mobile email app experience with Dropbox document preview API // By Admin • Aug 15, 2014 We've been testing a new document preview API with developers over the past few weeks and are happy to announce that it is ready for everyone! This API endpoint makes it easy to show previews...

Embracing papercuts - Dropbox

Team growth requires giving people room to make mistakes. Figuring out which mistakes are just “papercuts” and which are critical is one of the most difficult challenges in engineering leadership. We’ve all seen “helicopter parents,” hovering over their kids to catch them at the slightest...

Open Sourcing Pytest Tools - Dropbox

At Dropbox, we made the switch from testing with unittest to pytest. We love the features, fixtures, plugins, and customizability of pytest. To further improve our experience, we built a couple of tools ( pytest-flakefinder,...

Plop: Low-overhead profiling for Python - Dropbox

It's almost time for another Hack Week at Dropbox, and with that in mind I'd like to present one of the projects from our last Hack Week. A profiler is an indispensable tool for optimizing programs. Without a profiler, it's hard to tell...

In short: Discover Plop, a low-overhead profiling tool for Python that helps optimize your code's performance without sacrificing speed. Learn how it works from this insightful article. (AI summary)

DBX Platform launches with three new APIs - Dropbox

Earlier today we announced the launch of our new DBX Platform, a unified suite of APIs and tools for developers. Since launching our first API in 2008, Dropbox has enabled over 500,000 developers to build connections to leading applications and tools. With your success, the platform has reached a...

In short: Learn about the new DBX Platform with three APIs launched by Dropbox, empowering developers to streamline content access and collaboration. (AI summary)

New! Groups in the Dropbox for Business API - Dropbox

Today we're happy to announce our new Groups feature for Dropbox for Business, and new API endpoints for Groups. With the new Groups feature, Dropbox for Business team admins can create and manage lists of team members and give them access...

How we’re making Dropbox data centers 100% carbon neutral - Dropbox

How we’re making Dropbox data centers 100% carbon neutral // By Latane Garetson • Aug 03, 2021 As you may already know, Dropbox runs our infrastructure on a hybrid model—a mix between on-premise hardware and the public cloud. Known as Magic Pocket, it’s our own custom built multi-exabyte...

Enabling HTTP/2 for Dropbox web services: experiences and observations - Dropbox

Enabling HTTP/2 for Dropbox web services: experiences and observations // By Haowei Yuan • May 11, 2016 At Dropbox, our traffic team recently upgraded the front-end Nginx servers to enable HTTP/2 for our web services. In this article, we would like to share our experiences and findings during the...

In short: Learn about Dropbox's experience and observations on enabling HTTP/2 for web services, resulting in significant performance improvements. (AI summary)

zxcvbn: realistic password strength estimation - Dropbox

Over the last few months, I've seen a password strength meter on almost every signup form I've encountered. Password strength meters are on fire. Here's a question: does a meter actually help people secure their accounts? It's less...