Garbage Collection

An inside look at Q technology

Feb 24, 2017

Abandoning fake deadlines

Deadlines happen in real life, and they work. Christmas happens on December 25 and virtually everyone who celebrates buys their presents on time. Taxes are due on April 15 and few people ask for an extension. Deadlines create urgency and some stress, and they motivate action.

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Nick Hinsch in Garbage Collection

Feb 2, 2017

CSS Modules: Local Scope for CSS

We're getting ready to implement a new design system at Managed By Q, and that means a fresh start for our CSS codebase. Keeping a large CSS codebase organized can be challenging, so we knew that we needed to think carefully about how to keep our styles organized as our…

James Linder in Garbage Collection

Nov 4, 2016

Jenkins Pipelines: What I Wish I Knew Starting Out

A couple months ago, I took on setting up a continuous deployment process for a new application. The other applications at Managed by Q were already being deployed using Jenkins pipelines, a way to combine multiple jobs or steps in a single…

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Phil Sarin in Garbage Collection

Aug 23, 2016

Managed by Q’s engineering interview process

Interview processes are in some ways like engineering problems. Both operate in imperfect environments where failures happen, and our job is to design a system that can withstand those failures. There are different variables that we can optimize, and…

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Phil Sarin in Garbage Collection

Mar 16, 2016

Getting out of the way

There’s no shortage of advice that tells managers to “get out of the way” of their teams. I tried to apply this concept when I arrived at Managed By Q and I was surprised by how well it worked. Along the way, we’ve learned some things about how to get out of the way effectively.

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