Nara KasbergeninTechnology at NPRMy First 100 Days as an Engineering Manager — in a PandemicIn May 2020, I took a sharp right turn in my career: I transitioned from being a lead software engineer to an engineering manager…Sep 18, 20201Sep 18, 20201
Nara KasbergeninTechnology at NPRA glimpse under the hood of “Alexa, play Morning Edition”This morning, we announced the launch of “Alexa, play Morning Edition”, a new way to listen to NPR content on your Amazon Echo and other…Sep 4, 20192Sep 4, 20192
Nara KasbergeninTechnology at NPRNPR now supports JSON Feed!The NPR Tech Team achieved several technical accomplishments last month, most notably launching HTTPS support for npr.org. We didn’t make a…Dec 12, 2017Dec 12, 2017
Nara KasbergeninTechnology at NPRMental Health in Tech at NationJS 2016In the summer of 2016, I applied to speak at NationJS, a one-day, single-track JavaScript conference in the greater Washington, DC area. At…Jan 5, 2017Jan 5, 2017
Nara KasbergenWhat it's like when one of your best friends takes her own lifeOr, a very longwinded way of answering the question, “How are you doing?”Dec 30, 20163Dec 30, 20163
Nara KasbergeninTechnology at NPRNPR Digital Media Tech Team's Favorite Tiny Desk ConcertsI hope you've enjoyed our series of rotating profiles on the developers, sysadmins, managers, QA engineers, and other technical roles in…Dec 22, 2016Dec 22, 2016
Nara KasbergeninTechnology at NPRHow I almost won the “Penguin Award”If you've read Jason's post on Serendipity Days at NPR, you might remember that there's an award we give out (and only one award that we…Sep 2, 2016Sep 2, 2016
Nara KasbergeninTechnology at NPRLone Star PHP 2016 in ReviewMy goal for 2016 was to speak at a conference for the first time, and in April I made it a reality: I traveled to Dallas for Lone Star PHP.Aug 18, 2016Aug 18, 2016
Nara KasbergeninTechnology at NPRNew Open-Source Launch: NPR One JavaScript SDKAbout a month ago, I wrote about how my team was putting the finishing touches on our open-source JavaScript SDK for NPR One. Well, I'm…Aug 10, 20161Aug 10, 20161
Nara KasbergeninTechnology at NPRNew Open-Source Launch: A PHP-based Proxy to NPR’s OAuth ServerI love my job and the work that I've had the opportunity to do here at NPR; I have no desire to go anywhere else. However, if there's one…Jul 8, 2016Jul 8, 2016