Ilya Dronov, SUP Product Development Director

A month ago , LiveJournal v.72.1 update was released . Webmoney payment returned, a link to a random journal was added to the LJTimes status bar, and a header with stars appeared on the main site. In early December, the release of 73 . Work is in full swing.

The person who leads the development of LiveJournal is Ilya Dronov, who has held the position of director of product development SUP since September 2008. The work is not easy, given the venerable age of LiveJournal. This blog hosting site has remained virtually unchanged since the publication of the diary of the freshman Mark Zuckerberg there.

Working on the development of such an old project is not an easy task. How does Ilya cope with this? Why is LiveJournal not going to a radical alteration of an outdated engine? Ask your questions in the comments. The format is the same: one comment - one question. The best questions on the voting results will be sent to the interviewee.

Ilya graduated from MIREA (Moscow State Institute of Radio Engineering, Electronics and Automation), faculty of computers and systems. He has been working in the field of Internet development and programming since 1999. During this time, he headed a company that creates web solutions for small and medium-sized businesses, and also headed the Internet development department of Renaissance Insurance.
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His blog on LiveJournal is igrick.livejournal.com .

Ilya can answer questions about the fight against spam in LiveJournal and not only about security on the Web, mobile applications, the behavior of Internet users, and also about product development.