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Show Description We talk about downtime - planned or otherwise. We talk about how we attempt to alert users of upcoming planned downtime. We talk about reasons why downtime might occur and how to minimize it. We also talk about a cool (yet to be attempted) idea to alert users who might be actively doing […]

Show Description Getting health insurance figured out for a small business is no fun. We tasked Alex with figuring out what our options are to make sure all of us are covered. Show Links Trinet United Health Care Healthcare.gov Affordable Health Care for America Act

Show Description Tim walks us through all the stuff involved with deploying CodePen to the 30-some servers that power it. Plus we learn what the Cattle vs Pets metaphor is all about. Show Links Capistrano [Solr](solar server farm) SideKiq Coffeescript TypeScript Docker AWS Lambda Ansible Codeship

Show Description This episode we talk with Elizabeth Jamae of Jamae Law Group about what's involved in bringing someone from outside the US to come work for you - using our own Tim Holman as an example. Show Sponsor Bushel - Set up and protect your Apple devices anytime from anywhere. Show Links Some other […]

Show Description Jake Albaugh is our latest hire! We have him on to talk about what it was like to get hired and join the CodePen team - including the feature he got to work on first. Show Links Jake on Twitter Jake on CodePen Alex on Twitter Alex on CodePen Chris on Twitter Chris […]

Show Description Hiring a developer from overseas brings it's own unique challenges: immigration questions, salary questions, and onboarding. We chat with Tim Holman on what his first couple of weeks here at CodePen have been like. Show Links Tim Holman on CodePen Alex Vazquez on CodePen Tim Sabat on CodePen Chris Coyier on CodePen JSDo.it

Show Description Come level up your lawyer speak as we speak with Alex King, the lawyer who helped us through raising our first funding round here at CodePen. Show Links Bend Law Group TechStars Hello Sign

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The redesign has been live for a few weeks now. Or at least "Phase One" of it, we might say. The reactions have been overwhelmingly positive, but of course not all of it. We talk about the launch and how it went down from a technical perspective, organizational perspective, and all the choices made along […]

Show Notes This week we talk about the "Recent Activity" feature on CodePen. It's tricker than it looks. The beginnings of the idea was based on logging actions for support reasons. For instance, if we log the fact that a user deleted a Pen, there is information about that when we get a support request […]