Published inHarness EngineeringTop 10 Ways to Accidentally Break an APIIdentifying API Breaking Changes5d ago5d ago
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, 2024A response icon1Jul 29, 2024A response icon1
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, 2024A response icon2Jun 17, 2024A response icon2
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, 2024A response icon3Jan 24, 2024A response icon3
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, 2024A response icon1Jan 22, 2024A response icon1
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, 2022A response icon1Dec 23, 2022A response icon1
Published inCode Like A GirlWhy It’s So Hard to Become a Staff EngineerBridging the Senior SWE to Staff Divide: Part 1Dec 22, 2022A response icon9Dec 22, 2022A response icon9
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, 2022A response icon48Aug 25, 2022A response icon48