RSS Parrot

Technical Writing at SKUTOPIA

https://tech.skutopia.com/technical-writing-at-skutopia

Published: August 28, 2024 03:00

Within SKUTOPIA, technical writing isn't just a support function—it's a cornerstone of our technical innovation. It is about conveying complex ideas and information to an audience who may not have the same level of technical knowledge as the writer, ...

💻 GitHub Codespaces: Simplifying The Development Environment

https://tech.skutopia.com/github-codespaces-simplifying-the-development-environment

Published: April 29, 2024 04:18

Skutopia has moved to a GitHub Codespaces first environment for developing applications. Codespaces allow us to have a common development environment where problems are solved once and applied for everyone. Onboarding is a breeze as we no longer have...

🏗️ Infrastructure as Code with Pulumi

https://tech.skutopia.com/infrastructure-as-code-with-pulumi

Published: April 18, 2024 23:14

At Skutopia we provision and manage our cloud infrastructure (GCP) using Pulumi. In the past I have provisioned infrastructure with tools such as CloudFormation (both when it had to be json 😭 and in the more modern yaml structure), Terraform, and no...

🧑‍💻 Developer Experience with Swarmia

https://tech.skutopia.com/developer-experience-with-swarmia

Published: April 11, 2024 14:00

At Skutopia, we wanted to get in-front of developer experience as we started to scale. After a vendor selection process we settled on using Swarmia as our platform. Swarmia allows us to have engineering surveys as well as DORA and SPACE metrics all i...

🚀 Onboarding - What to Expect!

https://tech.skutopia.com/onboarding-what-to-expect

Published: April 5, 2024 00:05

Onboarding can be a stressful time as you join a new company. You are eager to get going while at the same time you need to understand the business and the environment at a level where you can make the right impact. We aim to find a balance to give y...

💼 Interviewing at Skutopia

https://tech.skutopia.com/interviewing-at-skutopia

Published: March 22, 2024 01:03

At Skutopia, we try to have a short and efficient interview process to enable you to get a decision on your future quickly. Not only that, we don’t believe in wasting time if we believe you are a good fit for the company. The speed at which we get th...

🔀 Cross Functional Squads at Skutopia

https://tech.skutopia.com/cross-functional-squads-at-skutopia

Published: March 22, 2024 00:59

Skutopia's cross functional squads are designed to be small tight knit group. Allowing for strong relationships and a thorough understanding of each others ways of working, as well as the inflight work we are doing. What Is The Squad Make Up? We des...

⚖️ Software Engineering Levels at Skutopia

https://tech.skutopia.com/software-engineering-levels-at-skutopia

Published: March 22, 2024 00:55

At SKUTOPIA, we use Engineering levels to remove the ambiguity of job titles. Every software engineer is either a product engineer or a platform engineer with an associated level from IC1 to IC7. By using levels, we can clearly understand where engin...

🧑‍🚒 Migrating to a Modern Alerting, On-Call and Incident Platform

https://tech.skutopia.com/migrating-to-a-modern-alerting-on-call-and-incident-platform

Published: March 22, 2024 00:16

At Skutopia we have recently migrated off our legacy enterprise platform for managing alerts, on-call and incidents. We now have a modern platform thanks to incident.io. The benefits we receive are immense. Incident.io One Platform to Rule Them All ...