BetterUp Product Blog

Chasing a Memory ‘Leak’ in our Async FastAPI Service: How jemalloc Fixed Our RSS Creep

public – 12 min read

Over the past year, at BetterUp we have built an in-house feature store called Lens that provides a unified surface…

Sep 22, 2025

Jesse Sun

The Unexpected DB Connection Pool Leak in Our Rails App

public – 3 min read

Everything looked fine — until it wasn’t. Out of nowhere, our worker tier started throwing this error: could not obtain…

Apr 14, 2025

Thinking Architecturally in the Day-to-Day

public – 3 min read

We all know the reality of engineering work. Deadlines loom, features need to ship, critical bugs demand immediate attention. In…

Mar 12, 2025

Unlock your potential by cultivating a high sense of agency

public – 4 min read

Someone with a high sense of agency favors initiative over perfect skills. Learn what makes a great engineering candidate and how we unlock their potential.

Apr 11, 2023

Onboarding: We learn through challenges, not presentations

public – 4 min read

Learning by osmosis doesn’t work 一, especially at a startup. So BetterUp onboards new engineers with a semi-structured, challenge-based onboarding process.

Mar 28, 2023

Design to product management: a rewarding journey.

public – 4 min read

Changing careers after spending a decade climbing the corporate ladder was terrifying. I hope my story can inspire others who want to make a change but are petrified of the consequences. I’m here to tell you it is worth it.

Mar 14, 2023

Star signs: Celestial navigation for product & engineering teams.

public – 4 min read

What do “North Star Metrics” and “KPIs” actually mean? The answers lie in the stars. Learn how BetterUp’s analytics team uses celestial navigation to drive product outcomes.

Feb 28, 2023

Shoshana Collins

It is never too late to find purposeful work

public – 4 min read

A few years ago, I never would’ve predicted that every line of code I write would impact someone’s life. But at BetterUp, I’m doing just that.

Feb 21, 2023

Lee Ives Tice

My Journey of Inner Work

public – 4 min read

Engineering manager, Bryan Hickerson, shares how his walk across The Camino taught him the importance of Inner Work as fuel for personal and professional growth.

Jan 13, 2023

Five tenets of extreme ownership on BetterUp's engineering team

public – 3 min read

Extreme ownership can be a hard mindset to adopt at first, but it boils down to how you behave day-to-day. This article outlines the five tenets we abide by and how we overcome challenges to deliver an excellent customer experience.

Dec 12, 2022