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URL Query Parameters and HTML Entities: The Case of the Missing Semicolon
What’s the difference between this HTML snippet: <a href=”http://www.google.com/search?q=html&foo=0″>foo=0</a> and this? <a href=”http://www.google.com/search?q=html©=0″>copy=0</a> Both of them look like simple Google searches (though they could have
A Very Tough Day
Today Redfin laid off roughly 20% of our employees. Unlike other startups, our industry’s recession started a year ago, when home prices first plunged. Since
"It's Only Going to Get Better for Me"
This is the first in a series of real-time, agent-off-the-record blog posts on what Redfin agents and market managers are seeing in different markets. We promise
"We Were The Cool Guys."
Watching the credit crisis destroy Wall Street this week, it was hard not to think of the mortgage episode of “This American Life,” which aired
“We Were The Cool Guys.”
Watching the credit crisis destroy Wall Street this week, it was hard not to think of the mortgage episode of “This American Life,” which aired
New Website, New Boston MLS Rules: Unleash The Hounds!
I remember exactly where I was when I got the news that the Boston-area MLS — the database that brokers use to share listings —

Big Companies Versus Startups
Why I left a career in big software companies and took a plunge to work at a late-stage startup

New Construction in Seattle: State of the Market by Redfin Builder Services
The experts at Redfin Builder Services discussed how new construction sales are faring in Seattle’s red-hot market.

Redfin’s Chelsea Goyer Named a HousingWire 2016 Rising Star!
Award recognizes her as one of the most innovative young leaders in the real estate industry today.

How Hibernate’s Lazy Loading Nearly Killed Our Email
Using Hibernate’s FetchMode to improve performance in data-hungry applications

Announcing React Server
Wish your site had blazing fast page loads and seamless transitions between pages? Read on.

Python at Redfin
We hosted PuPPy, the Puget Sound Programming in Python meetup group, in the Redfin Seattle office yesterday — here’s a link to the slides.