Thrift: (slightly more than) one year later

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This post provides an update on the Thrift framework, highlighting its significant evolution in its first year as an open-source project. It details the addition of new language support (including Erlang, which was previously adopted for Facebook Chat), protocol enhancements, performance improvements, and the impact of external contributions. The post also discusses ongoing development at Facebook (asynchronous C++ server) and within the community (Ruby mapping improvements, C mapping). The acceptance into the Apache Incubator is presented as a major milestone for Thrift's future growth and integration. This post demonstrates Thrift's increasing maturity and its role as a foundational technology for inter-service communication at Facebook, directly impacting the scalability and development of systems like Facebook Chat.