Joe CrobakMy favorite tech and tools of 2018Top-5 tech/tools and 6 honorable mentionsJan 21, 20191Jan 21, 20191
Joe CrobakProduction deploy of a Single Page App using S3 and CloudFrontSo you’re building a Single Page Application or SPA (i.e. a website that doesn’t reload the page as the user interacts) that talks to a…Jan 21, 2019Jan 21, 2019
Joe CrobakWhy I’m skeptical of Blockchain for HealthcareFour key challenges when it comes to applying blockchain to healthcare.Nov 1, 2018Nov 1, 2018
Joe CrobakSeven Best Practices for Keeping Sensitive Data Out of LogsA few weeks ago, Twitter asked users to reset their passwords. Per Twitter’s announcement, passwords were written to logs before they were…May 28, 2018May 28, 2018
Joe CrobakinDigital DiplomacyThe 10 Most Surprising Things I Learned Working in the GovernmentI worked at the United States Digital Service for 2.5 years after spending the first part of my career in startups. As someone new to the…Apr 25, 20182Apr 25, 20182
Joe CrobakGit Rebase WorkflowThis blog post is an adaptation of an old presentation on some useful concepts and commands to keep your git history clean.Apr 1, 2018Apr 1, 2018
Joe CrobakScheduled Maintenance is not a ThingInspired by Jeff Dean’s Numbers Every Engineer Should Know, in 2015 a crew at the United States Digital Service (USDS) set out to build a…Mar 26, 2018Mar 26, 2018
Joe CrobakThe Best and Hardest Job You’ll Ever HaveA few weeks ago, I had my last day at the United States Digital Service (USDS). Compared to working as a software engineer at a startup in…Feb 15, 2018Feb 15, 2018
Joe CrobakFive Years of Hadoop WeeklyIt’s been five years since the first edition of Hadoop Weekly went out on January 20, 2013 (see the 245+ issue archives at…Jan 20, 2018Jan 20, 2018