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A Different Kind of Burndown Chart
A Different Kind of Burndown Chart
On the Life360 Infrastructure Engineering team, we manage critical system support using a standard multi-tiered on-call schedule…
Beta testing Google’s new Activity Transition API
Beta testing Google’s new Activity Transition API
Here at Life360 we heavily rely on a device’s location, as well as the context of what they are doing at that location. Knowing what the…
Save the Drama — For Project LLAMA
Save the Drama — For Project LLAMA
At Life360, we are working to bring peace of mind to families. One way we do that is using sensors and location. We let people be more…
Happy Pi Day From Life360!
Happy Pi Day From Life360!
Any excuse for pie is a good excuse. Pi Day, of course, is a great excuse!
Development Clients
Development Clients
When I started my career, it was easy to test a new endpoint: you pointed your browser at the URL for that specific page in the app. Then…
Life360 Profiles — Alejandra Aranibar
Life360 Profiles — Alejandra Aranibar
Hello, my name is Amol and I lead the engineering team at Life360. Welcome to the second in a series of posts that puts the spotlight on…
Train Woes — or Why I Commute Hours Every Day for Life360
Train Woes — or Why I Commute Hours Every Day for Life360
I am insane.
Infrastructure/Ops Stack Rank of Pain
Infrastructure/Ops Stack Rank of Pain
Constant interrupts making you crazy? Unable to focus on fixing known problems because of higher-priority deployments that need…
Life360 Engineers Build a Millennium Falcon
Life360 Engineers Build a Millennium Falcon
At Life360, we typically arrange team outings every few months to help build camaraderie among team members — and it was suggested that we…
Machines to Cloud
Machines to Cloud
This blog post is a continuation of Monkeys to Machines where we at Life360 have transformed from being a total manual testing company to…
Teaching Your Startup to Learn: how Life360 is getting smart
Teaching Your Startup to Learn: how Life360 is getting smart
Life360 is on the brink of shipping the first family-intelligent feature in our company’s young history! The “family-intelligent” principle…
Being a Good Person? Get a High Five!
Being a Good Person? Get a High Five!
One of our core tenets at Life360 is “Be a Good Person”. This may sound like something basic, something all companies take for granted, but…
Cold Cache, Warm Heart
Cold Cache, Warm Heart
Recently, we did a hard thing in a stressful situation. And in getting it done, accomplishing the goal, some of my teammates came up with…
Super Bowl LII in Traffic Charts
Super Bowl LII in Traffic Charts
Super Bowl Sunday is the time of year where most of America stocks up on light beer, snacks of questionable nutrient content, and heads…