Pocket Gems Tech

During my initial days on the Data Infrastructure team, I was assigned various features and bug fixes. Over the next two months, I faced…

Back in March, our VP of engineering David Underhill wrote a post about choosing the right tools to build Pocket Gems’ next generation…

by former PG Intern, Alejandro Rodriguez

Learnings in Building a Reliable Networking System

This is the core challenge of speaking up with an original idea. When you present a new suggestion, you’re not only hearing the tune in…

By Jialiang Shi

by Pocket Gems

There is no 100% accurate way to predict user behavior, but we get as close as possible by continuing to update our process. We focus on…

by Jackie Cruz

How the Data Infrastructure team at Pocket Gems has helped optimize the development cycle of the company’s latest games.

My experience using React as a game engine

This post describes the infrastructure of the Pocket Gems’ data pipeline, and how it ensures stability, scalability, and low latency.

by Pocket Gems Engineer, Jonathan Ho

Using serverless service to overclock your local parallelization. Study case: Run faster unit tests with hundreds of parallelization.

by Pocket Gems VP of Engineering, David Underhill

An analysis of redshift as a cloud data warehouse

Structure your onboarding for consistency, employee success, and monotonically increasing returns on your initial time investment.

On the Episode team at Pocket Gems, we care a lot about creating a fantastic user experience for people who create stories on our platform…

How small improvements can have a disproportionate impact on your team’s productivity

In the hustle and bustle of downtown San Francisco, where the only thing pricier than the rent is the avocado toast, lies a hidden gem…