Emily DresnerinUpside Engineering BlogFive Lessons from the O’Reilly AI ConferenceThree of us from Upside (myself, Billy Laing, and Rav Pasricha) went to NYC for the 3rd Annual O’Reilly AI Conference at the NYC Hilton…5 min read·May 9, 2018----
Emily DresnerinUpside Engineering BlogUED #22: Managing Technical DebtBefore we can talk about technical debt, we need to think about actual economic credit and debt.5 min read·Apr 9, 2018----
Emily DresnerinUpside Engineering BlogUED #21: Product, Vision and ClarityI received some (live and in person) feedback that I should continue the weekly diaries. So, I am continuing the diaries!5 min read·Apr 3, 2018----
Emily DresnerinUpside Engineering BlogWhy Cloud Security Operations needs Machine LearningModern security is less a technology problem than a data problem. Best security practices states the best way to protect the enterprise is…7 min read·Jan 31, 2018--1--1
Emily DresnerinUpside Engineering BlogSecurity Thinking in the Cloud AgeWe used to build datacenters. When we built these datacenters to host our massive internet-available applications, we thought about…9 min read·Jan 24, 2018--2--2
Emily DresnerinUpside Engineering BlogUED #20: Objectives and Key Results (OKRs)When I first heard about instituting OKRs at Upside on a phone call while I sat on my deck back in mid-2016, my first question was:5 min read·Jan 15, 2018--1--1
Emily DresnerinUpside Engineering BlogUED #19: Looking forward to 2018I want to build a retrospective video backed with slow, emotional music for all the software we wrote at Upside and then threw away in…4 min read·Jan 8, 2018----
Emily DresnerinUpside Engineering BlogUED #18: Startups — The Hard PartI can, from a purely engineering perspective, run the first 9–12 months of a startup without breaking a sweat.5 min read·Dec 11, 2017----
Emily DresnerinUpside Engineering BlogUpside Engineering Diary #17: DevOps vs QAOur greatest pride at Upside is our sheer speed and agility.4 min read·Dec 4, 2017----
Emily DresnerinUpside Engineering BlogUpside Engineering Diary #16: The Quest for the Holy APM GrailAs a fast-growing startup, when it comes to buy or build, I lean heavily toward buy. Why?4 min read·Nov 20, 2017----