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A brief history of the Bloomberg terminal

395 points · 171 comments · rbanffy

  1. Flex247A · · focus · HN ↗
    Any idea on what technologies/toolkits are used to build Bloomberg terminal?
    1. apaprocki · · focus · HN ↗
      Nowadays the desktop software is built around Chromium. Lots of C++ and one of the largest JS codebases in the world.
      1. nxobject · · focus · HN ↗
        > largest JS codebases in the world.

        I'd love to know how they make frontends as responsive as possible. To the engineering blog!

        1. apaprocki · · focus · HN ↗
          Here’s a great talk to get you up to speed! <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;y1MCLZm8yAY" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;y1MCLZm8yAY
          1. ghosty141 · · focus · HN ↗
            Super interesting, thanks!
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