One of the major perks of working on the engineering team at Redfin is the privilege to take on side projects in addition to the day-to-day assignments. We call it our “quarterly objectives,” where each quarter, engineers or product managers are allowed to dedicate a portion of their time to projects that they’re passionate about…. Read More
If you’re new to Web development, I highly recommend learning how to use a few different browser’s developer tools. I came from a background of mostly Java, and learning javascript can be tricky since it is used is such a different way. I used Chrome’s developer tools to learn how javascript behaves. I think it… Read More
Senior software engineers are expensive, and good ones can be fantastically productive. With the right support and environment, a good engineer can do great things, and with a dysfunctional environment, even the best engineers fail. I’m not talking about beanbag chairs, espresso machines, and onsite massages. Great engineers love to make things, so 80% of… Read More
I rounded up our developers and got a list of blogs that we all enjoy reading. I’ve included them below and also on the right sidebar under the “Blogs We Like” heading. Ajaxian – http://ajaxian.com/ Joel on Software – http://www.joelonsoftware.com/ John Cook’s Venture Blog – http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/venture/ lifehacker – http://lifehacker.com/ MS Virtual Earth Blog – http://blogs.msdn.com/virtualearth/default.aspx… Read More
As some of you may have noticed, we made the switch from Movable Type (v3.33) to WordPress MU on July 9th. We thought it would be a great idea to discuss why we made the switch as well as the technical requirements of making the switch. We’re currently serving seven blogs, containing 2,034 posts by… Read More