How we built r/place

https://www.reddit.com/r/RedditEng/comments/vcyeqi/how_we_built_rplace/

created by SussexPondPudding on 15/06/2022 at 16:25 UTC*

184 upvotes, 7 top-level comments (showing 7)

On April 1, we brought back r/place[1], the most successful and collaborative digital art piece the Internet has ever seen. Today we’re launching a technical series describing how we built it. To kick things off, we have this lovely little intro narrated by Paul Booth, the Senior Engineering Manager of the team who helped lead the effort. We’re excited to share many more technical blogs from this team over the summer.

1: https://www.reddit.com/r/place

Nifty intro video

Comments

Comment by UnacceptableUse at 15/06/2022 at 18:09 UTC

9 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Yesss, I was waiting for this

Comment by Tetizeraz at 15/06/2022 at 19:32 UTC

10 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Awesome!

I got to ask, everyone kinda knows that most subreddits used bots or scripts overlays. Did you guys make anti-botting stuff that at least meant things weren't as bad as we thought it could get?

Comment by [deleted] at 15/06/2022 at 22:04 UTC

4 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Looking forward to the rest of the series!

Comment by [deleted] at 15/06/2022 at 22:32 UTC

5 upvotes, 2 direct replies

Could this be a YouTube video? This native mobile video player is horribly lacking.

Comment by ColtenGamer9 at 20/06/2022 at 21:20 UTC

2 upvotes, 0 direct replies

i want the next one sooner

Comment by dadofbimbim at 15/06/2022 at 23:59 UTC

2 upvotes, 0 direct replies

This looked like Anonymous created this video. I like the vibe of this video.

Comment by OPINION_IS_UNPOPULAR at 21/09/2022 at 03:11 UTC

1 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Engingneer

:P