Opening the Door to Future Women Leaders
“Whether or not my daughters pursue a career in tech is immaterial, but that needs to be their own choice, not because they didn't have access or exposure to the opportunities."… continue reading
Re-Platforming Data @BigCommerce: five second latency on Petabytes of data
Many analysts are hailing Data as the new oil. However, contrary to what they're saying, oil is a depleting resource. Data on the other hand, is an expanding resource.… continue reading
Native & React Native @ BigCommerce
Cross-platform tools "... allowed a team of motivated engineers who had never coded mobile apps to create an impressive full-functioning prototype that turned this exploratory project into a product driven venture for our team."… continue reading
A Simple Architecture for Mobile Apps
Whether on-boarding a user, signing in to a service, or simply using a tab-based app with navigation stacks of different screens, almost any app process can be described as a flow of screens and information. It all begins with a start.… continue reading
VP of Engineering: The first 100 days
"I know that diverse teams outperform homogeneous ones and ultimately build better products..." - David Hauser, new BigCommerce VP of Engineering, reflects on the first 100 days of his journey.… continue reading
README.md to Manage Humans
If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.… continue reading
International Women in Tech Visit BigCommerce
BigCommerce “inspired me to continuously grow and be a leader of excellence.“ - Elena Chigibaeva, TechWomen Mentee… continue reading
Kate Walters: From Law to Tech
My introduction into development was not a straight path nor a traditional one, but I believe there is value in working with people of all sorts of backgrounds.… continue reading
Diversity opens doors in product and engineering
Software engineer Erica Lloyd moderates a discussion on Diversity and Inclusion in recruiting at Tribe, BigCommerce's employee resource group for women and allies.BigCommerce is full of brilliant, dedicated people focused on revolutionizing the world of e-commerce, with offices in… continue reading
SydPHP Laravel Talk: BigCommerce at Scale
In September 2017, we hosted the SydPHP Laravel meetup at our BigCommerce offices in Sydney. Here are the slides for the talk I gave on how we have been scaling our infrastructure. BigCommerce: Running e-Commerce at Scale from Ian Bissett… continue reading