Rafael Costa

Introduction Behind every scalable, reliable product is a series of decisions (some big, some small) that shape the architecture and experience. At Rightmove, we wanted a way to make those decisions more inclusive, transparent and collaborative. That’s why we introduced our RFC (Request for Comments) process. RFCs are a lightweight framework that allow any engineer…

Modern platforms face a constant challenge: balancing scalability with efficiency, especially as systems grow in size and complexity. At Rightmove, this challenge became evident in our overseas properties sitemap generation process – a critical component for ensuring search engines like Google can discover and rank our pages effectively. However, this process was tied to a…