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DO NOT ERASE.
Musings of Managed by Q Operators.
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Database-Backed Queues: Ensuring Data Integrity in a Distributed System
Database-Backed Queues: Ensuring Data Integrity in a Distributed System
How we make atomic writes across multiple datastores to prevent bugs, ensure data integrity, and make our systems easier to reason about.
Per-Andre Stromhaug
Sep 2, 2019
Merging Two Front-End Applications
Merging Two Front-End Applications
Learn how we added a Task Management capability to our platform by incrementally combining two products into one.
Nicolas Hinsch
Aug 15, 2019
Your bridge deserves your attention
Your bridge deserves your attention
Should we adopt GraphQL? This is a question we confronted in earnest a few months ago.
Mark Kinney
Jul 2, 2019
Understanding message queues with mbq.pubsub
Understanding message queues with mbq.pubsub
If you develop software, there’s a good chance you’re familiar with test-driven development (whether you practice it or not): write your…
Taylor Burgess
Jun 7, 2019
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Senior engineers and interpersonal skills
Senior engineers and interpersonal skills
How can individual contributor engineers advance in their careers? My favorite article on the subject is John Allspaw’s “On Being a Senior…
Phil Sarin
May 23, 2019
Revamping messaging at Managed by Q
Revamping messaging at Managed by Q
Here at Managed by Q, messaging plays a fundamental role in our platform. Both clients and vendors use messaging to discuss service…
Matthew Mikolay
Mar 4, 2019
How Motherhood Enabled Me to Excel in My Career
How Motherhood Enabled Me to Excel in My Career
I joined Managed by Q, the platform for workplace management, three years ago during a period of intense, all-encompassing, and chaotic…
Allison Whalen
Mar 4, 2019
Redesigning Data and Analytics at Managed by Q
Redesigning Data and Analytics at Managed by Q
There are a lot of great resources out there about how to design the data and analytics function for an organization. You should do X, and…
Tim Finkel
Feb 1, 2019
Prototyping a new product without writing a single line of code
Prototyping a new product without writing a single line of code
How to add a new experience to your existing technology.
Mansi Kothari
Nov 13, 2018
How Managed by Q Saved My Life
How Managed by Q Saved My Life
How Q played a crucial role helping one employee detect breast cancer and how companies can educate their team about the disease.
Drew McColley Barbo
Oct 25, 2018
Moving to three-person engineering teams
Three-person engineering teams just work better. Everyone on a three-person team is more motivated because they feel like they own their…
Phil Sarin
Oct 18, 2018
Stop Waiting for an Engineer and Automate It Yourself
Stop Waiting for an Engineer and Automate It Yourself
You have, at your disposal, the ability to radically change the way you accomplish your daily work tasks, even if you don’t have an ounce…
Blake Dickstein
Sep 6, 2018
What a trip to Party City taught me about product management
What a trip to Party City taught me about product management
The Party City on West 14th Street in Manhattan has an interesting ambiance. Sure, it says ‘party’ over the front door, but spend enough…
Chris Schilling
Aug 7, 2018
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