Seedbox Tech Talks – BDD – An Introduction
Our amazing Olivier T., a Web Developper at Seedbox in the Advertising/ Traffic team, gave the team an introduction to BDD … otherwise known as “Behavior Driven Development”. Here are the videos to...
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The new architecture story – Step 1 : give direction
Once upon a time there was a charming ad network… To be able to follow the steep growth of our advertiser network, the fearless band of web dev knights in our advertising team have pushed the...
View ArticleTo Go or not to Go?
We at Seedbox are always keeping an eye on emerging technologies. Whether it’s a new programming language, a new way of dealing with Big Data or simply a new smartphone app, we are constantly seeking...
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ShipitDay has started
Some people run on dreams, others on money, we run on shipping It has started at Seedbox, and we are making sure those brains have energy flowing : Some energy will be needed
View ArticleShip it… Ship it good… (with apologies to Devo)
We just completed our first 24 hour hackathon. 36 people participated and formed 9 different teams, each rallying around a proposal that the individuals thought up. The final delivered projects were...
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Technical Recruiting at Seedbox : Step 1 – Avoid the Google-brainteaser trap
Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing. –Benjamin Franklin Recently, there was a lot of talk about the infamous Google brainteaser and other tricky challenges that Google and some other tech...
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Recruiting at Seedbox : Step 2 – Foster creative conversation
The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it. –Steve Jobs There was a...
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The Seedbox Olympic Games: Launch of the Games
The Seedbox Olympic Games : The Opening Ceremonies Not long ago a fellow colleague and I were mandated to address the topic of speed optimization. More specifically we wanted our products to BE...
View ArticleThe Seedbox Tech League
Uh, whaaaattt? Yes, the Tech League! It’s the very first technology-oriented group at Seedbox. We basically do three main things: We complain about the fact that Olivier T. nukes the #geeks chat We ask...
View ArticleThe Seedbox Olympic Games : Midway in!
The Seedbox Olympic Games : Midway in! The Olympics kicked off a few weeks ago with our Opening Ceremonies and since then our “athletes” have been working towards gathering as many points as they can....
View ArticleKeyword Matching on High-Volume bidding platform
Keyword Matching on High-Volume bidding platform One of our clients at Seedbox is a big player in the ad-network industry. It’s focused on delivering ads to over 400 million users a day. It offers CPC...
View ArticleNo Bad Code
No Bad Code Writing code can be complicated, writing good code, more so. This presentation will review several clean code aspects presented by Robert C. Martin and guide you on the methods to apply...
View Article‘Twas the night before Christmas
‘Twas the night before Christmas poem ‘Twas the night before Christmas, and all through project Not an error was occurring, and everything was checked. The code was all merged to the trunk with care,...
View ArticleGojira! The Monster Appears!
Gojira! The Monster Appears! A few months ago, I decided I didn’t want to go and click around Jira’s web interface no more. It got me out of my (mainly command-line oriented) working environment, and...
View ArticleComfort On The Command Line
First Steps Intended Audience – Beginning *nix user This is the first of a series of articles on getting comfortable with the command line. Though most modern day OS’s have some type of GUI, the...
View ArticleContinuous Integration with Jenkins
Continuous Integration with Jenkins Continuous Integration My team started playing with Jenkins for automated testing. We moved from that to full continuous integration over a series of sprints...
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