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…May 9, 2018May 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.Apr 9, 2018Apr 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!Apr 3, 2018Apr 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…Jan 31, 20181Jan 31, 20181
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…Jan 24, 20182Jan 24, 20182
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:Jan 15, 20181Jan 15, 20181
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…Jan 8, 2018Jan 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.Dec 11, 2017Dec 11, 2017
Emily DresnerinUpside Engineering BlogUpside Engineering Diary #17: DevOps vs QAOur greatest pride at Upside is our sheer speed and agility.Dec 4, 2017Dec 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?Nov 20, 2017Nov 20, 2017