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Centralizing Developer Docs in Backstage

Centralizing Developer Docs in Backstage

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A growing Engineering org may reach a point where answering questions that used to be simple have become hard. At least that is true for us! Questions such as: “Who owns this?” “Do we have a component that I can reuse?” “Where are the docs for that API?” This post shares the...

DevOps Transformation from the Perspective of the Development Teams - Podcast

DevOps Transformation from the Perspective of the Development Teams - Podcast

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János Csorvási and Jeff Campbell were both part of our Foundation team, when we started our DevOps transformation at Meltwater Engineering a couple of years ago. Now they got together on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast to share how that transformation looked like from the perspective of the development teams.

Spotlight: Jessica Cornwell

Spotlight: Jessica Cornwell

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At the heart of Meltwater Engineering are the employees who find ways to collaborate around the world. In our Spotlight series we will introduce you to new hires as well as veterans from across the organization, and give you insights into their day to day from North Carolina to Hong Kong. Today,...

Tracking the Social Media Landscape with Meltwater Explore

Tracking the Social Media Landscape with Meltwater Explore

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The social media landscape is changing at breakneck speeds. As Product Manager for Meltwater’s Social Content Marketing product, Andrea needs to stay up to date about everything happening with our competitors and in the industry as whole. In this post Andrea shares how she greatly reduced her manual research time, using our...

Meltwater at PlatformCon 22

Meltwater at PlatformCon 22

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We couldn’t be more excited: We have not one but two speakers sharing Meltwater stories at PlatformCon 22. Federico Hernandez and Simone Sciarrati work on our Foundation/Platform teams, who help the rest of the org deliver solutions faster. This post contains summaries and videos of their talks.

Spotlight: Krishna Narasimh Koushik

Spotlight: Krishna Narasimh Koushik

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At the heart of Meltwater Engineering are the employees who find ways to collaborate around the world. In our Spotlight series we will introduce you to new hires as well as veterans from across the organization, and give you insights into their day to day from North Carolina to Hong Kong. Today,...

Devopsicon 12 - Meltwater's Beloved Unconference

Devopsicon 12 - Meltwater's Beloved Unconference

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The last 7 years taught us a lot about Devopsicon - our beloved unconference format. In this post we share how this event came about at Meltwater Engineering, and how it is striving in present days. For this we interviewed organizers and participants to give you an idea how the unconference works...

Keep Calm and Code On

Keep Calm and Code On

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April is Stress Awareness Month. Since 1992, Stress Awareness Month has increased familiarity about the causes of and cures for stress in our modern world. Particularly ubiquitous amid the pandemic, stress affects our mental, physical, and emotional wellbeing. This month-long event reduces the stigma of discussing negative emotions and increases the likelihood...

Spotlight: Sophie Gotshal

Spotlight: Sophie Gotshal

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At the heart of Meltwater Engineering are the employees who find ways to collaborate around the world. In our Spotlight series we will introduce you to new hires as well as veterans from across the organization, and give you insights into their day to day from North Carolina to Hong Kong. Today...