The Quest for a Better Stacking Plan
The Quest for a Better Stacking Plan
A stacking plan (also called stackplan) is a visual representation of a building showing a breakdown of space. Stacking plans serve many…
Thoughts on Making Onboarding More Human
Thoughts on Making Onboarding More Human
Along with CBRE Build, many other tech startups are making impressive changes with their new hire onboarding. They’re automating and…
A (short-term) builder’s bits of insight into Software Engineering Internships
A (short-term) builder’s bits of insight into Software Engineering Internships
As I’m nearing the end of my 10 week internship at CBRE Build, I thought I would share what I have learned during my time here for future…
Internationalization & an Internship: My Time at CBRE Build
Internationalization & an Internship: My Time at CBRE Build
Hey, reader! My name’s Rachel, and over the summer of 2019, I got the opportunity to see what life is like as a software engineering…
Internship Recap — Let’s Talk Product Management
Internship Recap — Let’s Talk Product Management
When I began college as a computer science major, I thought I would become a software engineer. When I discovered product management as a…
Designing and Implementing an ECS Cluster on AWS for a Map Server — Part 3 and 4
Designing and Implementing an ECS Cluster on AWS for a Map Server — Part 3 and 4
Part 3: Implementation — Terraform modules Part 4: Wrapping up — Continuous Deployment
Designing and Implementing an ECS Cluster on AWS for a Map Server — Part 1 and 2
Designing and Implementing an ECS Cluster on AWS for a Map Server — Part 1 and 2
Our story begins like most stories in the SRE/Devops culture, with a simple request: “Two of our applications need a cost-effective…
Internship Recap — Eli’s Time at Build
Internship Recap — Eli’s Time at Build
During the 2019 spring semester, I took a semester off of my junior year to intern with the Build 3D team in NYC. As a computer graphics…
An illustrated, experimental, approach to design system principles
An illustrated, experimental, approach to design system principles
We did it! We made a design system this year called Blocks, adding CBRE Build to the 85% of tech teams who have a design system. Most of…
Solving Your Time Consuming Manual Workflow
Solving Your Time Consuming Manual Workflow
How to think about integrating and automating your applications.
How We Made CBRE Build, Part 2
How We Made CBRE Build, Part 2
As tech people at CBRE, the world’s largest commercial real estate company, we had an identity problem. In Part 1 of this post, I…
7 git aliases that make me more productive
7 git aliases that make me more productive
A little collection of git aliases I love that help me get more work done.
How We Made CBRE Build, Part 1
How We Made CBRE Build, Part 1
None of us knew where we worked anymore. We were the same team of forty or so, doing the same projects in the same office. If anything we…
My Short but Sweet Summer Internship
My Short but Sweet Summer Internship
I’m coming up on the end of my summer internship at CBRE Build, and I couldn’t be more grateful for the experience. I’ve learned so much…
Building an Augmented Reality Treasure Hunt with A-Frame and AR.js
Building an Augmented Reality Treasure Hunt with A-Frame and AR.js
At CBRE Build, we explore new technologies with potential applications to real estate tech, and also for fun! Augmented Reality (AR) is…
