Brigade Engineering
Restoring our democracy, one line of code at a time.
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Predicting how you’ll vote: a follow-up
Predicting how you’ll vote: a follow-up
I recently wrote about how Brigade is able to help people decide how they should vote on Election Day. In that post, I talked about our…
Predicting vote pledges via social alignment
Predicting vote pledges via social alignment
Brigade has a big focus on connecting voters with varying viewpoints, showing them their similarities and differences, and helping them…
Building Screen Flows with VIPER on iOS
Building Screen Flows with VIPER on iOS
We use the VIPER architecture pattern in the Brigade iOS app. We’ve had to build a few screen flows with VIPER so I thought I’d share some…
How to radically streamline complex analytics
How to radically streamline complex analytics
At Brigade we are building a platform to revolutionize civic and social engagement. For us, data is king. We’ve used a number of…
Reduce Chef infrastructure integration test times by 75% with test-kitchen and Docker
Reduce Chef infrastructure integration test times by 75% with test-kitchen and Docker
Containers are quick to provision, incur less overhead than a full VM, and use resources better as they don’t reserve memory on startup.
Wait, that’s how it works?!
Wait, that’s how it works?!
What we’ve learned about our representation through Open Civic Data
The Great Migration
The Great Migration
Moving a multi-million MAU site to the cloud in 3 weeks with minimal downtime and 40% savings
