Joy EbertzTahoe Rim Trail 100 Race Report 2024I completed my second 100-mile race this past weekend — Tahoe Rim Trail 100! My 100 was Mines of Spain 100, back in October 2018, and I’ve…Jul 291Jul 291
Joy EbertzinCode Like A GirlInfluencing Without Authority Through Aligning IncentivesIn the staff+ circles that I frequent, I hear a lot of people talking about influence and influencing without authority. What I don’t hear…Jun 172Jun 172
Joy EbertzinCode Like A GirlSplitting a Monolith with Feature FlagsNo matter your reason or reasons for wanting to split a monolith, the project is risky. You’re attempting to either lift and shift…Jan 243Jan 243
Joy EbertzinCode Like A GirlParity Testing With Feature FlagsParity testing is a valuable tool when replacing a new system with an old one. At a high level, you mirror your traffic and compare…Jan 221Jan 221
Joy EbertzinCode Like A GirlEncryption, Signing, and Basically Everything Else I Never Knew I Wanted to KnowWe were recently upping our security and encryption game internally, and I realized I was quickly taking a deep dive into a bunch of…Jan 19Jan 19
Joy EbertzinCode Like A Girl5 Advanced Feature Flag Use CasesFeature flags are a powerful development tool that we’ve written about previously. In this blog, I want to focus instead on more unusual...Jan 17Jan 17
Joy EbertzinCode Like A GirlHow to Get That Staff Engineer PromotionBridging the Senior SWE to Staff Divide: Part 2Dec 23, 20221Dec 23, 20221
Joy EbertzinCode Like A GirlWhy It’s So Hard to Become a Staff EngineerBridging the Senior SWE to Staff Divide: Part 1Dec 22, 20228Dec 22, 20228
Joy EbertzThe Art of Writing Amazing REST APIsWhen writing APIs, REST (short for representational state transfer) is considered the standard. And yet, REST itself isn’t actually a …Aug 25, 202248Aug 25, 202248
Joy EbertzThe Surprising Complexities of Building Audit LogsAudit logs are a feature every enterprise customer wants in every product they use. Customers need to know who changed which settings and…Aug 16, 2022Aug 16, 2022
