Automating Analytics Testing

How USA Today uses HAR files to test network calls.

DevOps — You Build It, You Run It

We know DevOps is a paradigm shift for software development. But the wide range of DevOps definitions and processes make it difficult, especially across organizations, to define what DevOps is in practice. Is it a development team working well with an operations team…

Making things Fast-ly —A Guide to Implementing Load Balancing and Failover using Terraform and VCL

5 Key Pillars of the USA TODAY Redesign

Redesigns are a big undertaking, especially when you must consider the goals of various…

How USA TODAY NETWORK is serving the ever-changing digital needs of users

A Culture of Architectural Design

The API Services team at the USA TODAY NETWORK values well-designed software services with good architecture. Who doesn’t? We seek to achieve this goal by having everyone involved in the architectural design.

Building an effective and technical product team — Platform Engagement

An Origin Story and Lessons Learned at the USA TODAY NETWORK

At the USA TODAY NETWORK, underneath the software that thousands of journalists…

The year you actually start to like your CMS

“If we do it right, users benefit from a feedback loop that helps make our work more valuable and relevant to them. And no journalist ever again has to wear…

What journalists wish product teams understood about their work

Journalists today are responsible for far more than researching, writing, and editing stories. They must also optimize content for multiple platforms (search, social & mobile apps), engage with audiences, and use…