Any engineering team, no matter the size, can benefit from having established incident response protocols once you have software in production. Things will go wrong and knowing what to do in an emergency can be a lifesaver. So what is incident response? Incident response is the set of processes we…
Teams all over the world demo their products every day. Engineering teams, marketing teams, product design teams, a picture speaks a thousand words. People like to see, touch, and feel things. …
Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about traditions in engineering. Why engineering teams do the things they do. In life, we are members of many groups that have their own traditions. Those traditions are often passed down by members of the group and the group is able to sustain them…
In December of 2019 Harry’s held its annual Hackathon. The two-day event has become a much-adored tradition that enables us to live some of Harry’s values including Look Left to Find Right, Improve Always, and All In All Together. As a new Harry’s employee and first time Hackathon coordinator (at…
I live in the Northeast and, therefore, my opportunities to practice or play golf outside from January through March are fleeting. Luckily, practicing in your own home is easy and can be extremely worthwhile.
Freed from hitting real shots and worrying about where the ball is going, it is the…
Like many of us, I embarked on a dry January in 2020. After contemplating it many times before I finally decided to go for it after too many holiday parties and too many holiday stresses. Early in the month, it was a challenge. …
