Chas DeVeasinThe Storyblocks Tech BlogBlue-Green ETLs with Airflow Task GroupsHow Storyblocks achieved zero-downtime updates of application data in our data warehouse using Task Groups in Apache Airflow.Sep 27, 2021Sep 27, 2021
Chas DeVeasinThe Storyblocks Tech BlogFoolproof Schema Management with GitHub Actions and AvroThe Storyblocks platform produce millions of events each day. These events allow our growing number of microservices to communicate with…Nov 26, 2019Nov 26, 2019
Chas DeVeasinThe Storyblocks Tech BlogFighting Meetings with Technology and PsychologyRepository: https://github.com/Footage-Firm/meeting-room-traffic-lightsJun 26, 2019Jun 26, 2019
Chas DeVeasinThe Storyblocks Tech BlogThe LAN Stack: Going 100% ServerlessWith the release of Amazon Aurora Serverless, which recently went into public beta, you can now build a standard web app which is 100%…Aug 9, 2018Aug 9, 2018
Chas DeVeasinThe Storyblocks Tech BlogNodeJs Clustering: Don’t Spare the CPU HorsesIf you’re running a Nodejs process on dedicated servers and not using all of the available CPUs, adding less than 20 lines of code could…Aug 4, 20181Aug 4, 20181
Chas DeVeasA Tutorial on AWS FargateExploring the latest useful advances in containerization deployment on Amazon’s cloud platform.Jun 4, 20181Jun 4, 20181
Chas DeVeasinThe Storyblocks Tech BlogPhasing into a Microservice with Zero Downtime: Part I (Refactor)Refactoring consumers of the service to have clean service boundaries.Jun 3, 2018Jun 3, 2018
Chas DeVeasinThe Storyblocks Tech BlogAnalyzing Meeting Metrics Using the Google Calendar API*Update: Meetrics is now a real product! Check out meetrics.io for an easy way to monitor your own organization’s meeting health.Dec 27, 20172Dec 27, 20172
Chas DeVeasinThe Storyblocks Tech BlogPhasing into a Microservice with Zero Downtime: IntroHow Storyblocks used a phased approach to migrate user accounts from three separate websites to a single microservice with zero downtime.Oct 12, 2017Oct 12, 2017
Chas DeVeasinThe Storyblocks Tech BlogThe Goal YodelerWhat’s a fun way to measure your company’s monthly goals? How about a giant replica of the Cliffhangers game from The Price is Right?Sep 10, 2016Sep 10, 2016