Published inLos RunnersTahoe 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 29, 20241Jul 29, 20241
Published inCode 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 17, 20242Jun 17, 20242
Published inCode 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 24, 20243Jan 24, 20243
Published inCode 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 22, 20242Jan 22, 20242
Published inCode 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 19, 2024Jan 19, 2024
Published inCode 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 17, 2024Jan 17, 2024
Published inCode Like A GirlHow to Get That Staff Engineer PromotionBridging the Senior SWE to Staff Divide: Part 2Dec 23, 20221Dec 23, 20221
Published inCode Like A GirlWhy It’s So Hard to Become a Staff EngineerBridging the Senior SWE to Staff Divide: Part 1Dec 22, 20229Dec 22, 20229
The 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
Published inHarness EngineeringThe 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
