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Recommended Reading for Allies
Etsy believes in the power of diversity. We believe that having diverse perspectives will help us make better decisions and build better products. We also know that it’s not enough to just recruit...
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API First Transformation at Etsy – Concurrency
At Etsy we have been doing some pioneering work with our Web APIs. We switched to API-first design, have experimented with concurrency handling in our composition layer, introduced strong typing into...
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API First Transformation at Etsy – Operations
This is the second post in a series of three about Etsy’s API, the abstract interface to our logic and data. The previous post is about concurrency in Etsy’s API infrastructure. This post covers the...
View ArticleBeing an Effective Ally to Women and Non-Binary People
This post is based on a talk and workshop that Toria and Ian gave at Etsy’s Dublin office in August. Etsy has a strong set of beliefs that underpins our engineering culture. We believe in code as...
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How Etsy Uses Code “Slush” to Manage Development During the Holidays
Note: This article was adapted from an internal Etsy newsletter earlier this year. As the holidays roll around, it seemed like a timely opportunity to share what we do with a larger audience. As the...
View ArticleEtsy’s Debriefing Facilitation Guide for Blameless Postmortems
In 2012, I wrote a post for the Code As Craft blog about how we approach learning from accidents and mistakes at Etsy. I wrote about the perspectives and concepts behind what is known (in the world of...
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Etsy’s experiment with immutable documentation
Introduction Writing documentation is like trying to hit a moving target. The way a system works changes constantly, so as soon as you write a piece of documentation for it, it starts to get stale. And...
View ArticleWhat it’s Like to Intern at Etsy? – Part I
I secretly like seeing people’s surprise when I told them that I chose to intern at Etsy because it was the only company that asked for a cover letter. I enjoyed every second of filling out my Etsy...
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Cloud Jewels: Estimating kWh in the Cloud
Image: Lightning Storm Earrings, GojoDesign on Etsy Etsy has been increasingly enjoying the perks of public cloud infrastructure for a few years, but has been missing a crucial feature: we’ve been...
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Keeping IT Support Human during WFH
Image: Human Connection, KatieWillDesign on Etsy Hi! We’re the Etsy Engineering team that supports core IT and AV capabilities for all Etsy employees. Working across geographies has always been part...
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