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How we built a durable, real-time impressions system for Muzz social

Muzz social is the largest muslim social network in the world, we allow for users to post, comment and share their experiences with each other.  Background At the start of the year we added a sim...

By Alex Collie02 Oct 2025
How a bad release saved us thousands a month and reduced latency

On a rainy day of October we decided to release a feature that we had spent all summer working on: a massive refactor of how our matching process works, from an unlimited number of matches leading to...

By Mehdi Souihed06 Aug 2025
How we automatically moderate posts in Muzz Social at scale

Background Background Muzz Social is the world’s leading Muslim-focused social network. We allow people to share and connect with Muslims around the world. Muzz Social sends push notifications for pos...

By Alex Collie29 Jul 2025
Beyond the Squad Model: Why We’re Centralising Product Strategy

Going from zero to 15 million members is a wild ride. For nearly a decade, we’ve been on a mission at Muzz, and the journey has been one of constant evolution. Our team has grown from a handful of peo...

By Andrew Springham14 Jul 2025
Swipe Right on Go: Why We Ghosted PHP

From legacy code to lightning-fast matchmaking—why Go won our hearts (and our traffic). So – why migrate? As our platform scaled, our legacy PHP system began to struggle. Response times increase...

By Isabella Manghi30 Jun 2025
Screenshot Testing at Muzz

Background The Muzz Android app powers the marriage journey of millions of users worldwide. Due to the number of people we serve – and the potentially life-changing nature of our app – we...

By Jonathan Daniels20 Jun 2025
Scaling Muzz Social to over a million users on day one

At Muzz, our mission is to help Muslims around the world meet. This year we launched our new social network – Muzz Social – enabling Muslims everywhere to make friends, connect with their...

By Alex Bilbie16 May 2025