The Unexpected DB Connection Pool Leak in Our Rails App
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Everything looked fine — until it wasn’t. Out of nowhere, our worker tier started throwing this error:
could not obtain…
Thinking Architecturally in the Day-to-Day
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We all know the reality of engineering work. Deadlines loom, features need to ship, critical bugs demand immediate attention. In…
If You’re Not the Default Developer, Someone Else Is
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Applying insights from an overwhelmed parent to empathize with the developer who does it all.
The Art of Crafting Effective Pull Requests
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Pull Requests are a great way of submitting contributions to a project. Here, we discuss the elements that make for good PRs!
WCAG-AA In Real Life
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Frontend Engineer Seema Shariat shares real-life examples that help us understand the importance of Web Content Accessibility.
One Weird Trick That Will Speed Up Your Bundle Install
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BetterUp Full Stack Engineer Brian John shares a tip to speed up your bundle install.
Empathetic Code Reviews
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BetterUp Full Stack Engineer Lars Klevan speaks about applying the BetterUp value of Empathy while conducting code reviews.
Techniques for Effective Software Development Effort Estimation
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BetterUp Full Stack Engineer Jesal Gadhia walks us through the tricky task of estimating how long software development tasks will take.
Going Off Mute
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BetterUp Front End Engineer Seema Shariat shares her experience and tips for unmuting the voices of women and underrepresented groups at work.