A brief look at what happens when we offer Dumpster Dive boxes and why this slowed SparkFun.com to a crawl.
It's probably time for us to clearly outline what to expect when it comes to using data.sparkfun.com
SparkFun is taking steps to ensure that our user community is a safe space. That means we need to make a few changes.
An brief introduction to SparkFun's new Director of Software Development and IT (SWIT).
A look back at what went wrong, why and how we fixed our issues with data.sparkfun.com
SparkFun joins a slew of websites across the net protesting the FCC's plans to gut Net Neutrality
Net neutrality and the open internet: why it's important, how it's at risk today, and what you can do about it right now.
A shake-up at GitHub highlights ongoing gender bias in the tech industry, prompting a response from SparkFun
SparkFun has reacted quickly to protect ourselves and our customers against the Heartbleed vulnerability
A look behind the scenes as a bunch of stuff went on sale, leading to SparkFun's biggest week ever.
The devs switch underlying databases for SparkFun.com and somehow, miraculously, the sky stays put firmly up above.
In which we change some things in the database, and it's not exactly a simple task, and some things break. Lessons learned. etc.
Musings on inventory tracking behind the scenes after another annual SparkFun Inventory Day is in the books.
SparkFun has now decided to take an official position on the matter and stands with our fellow citizens of the internet by opposing SOPA and PIPA!
A whole new version of sparkfun.com is released! Wish lists! Other stuff! New server hardware! Plus a visualization of the development of the entire code base up to this point.
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There's a disclaimer at the very end, hopefully that's enough to keep people from attempting. Glad you liked it!
Wow great blog!