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Intercom presents Engineer Chats

Intercom, Inc.

Previously hosted by Jamie Osler , a Senior Product Engineer at Intercom for over seven years, it’s now up to Principal Systems Engineer Brian Scanlan to pick up the baton and keep the chats going. The core of algorithms and systems is data models. Liam Geraghty: To connect all of this with a concrete example, Jamie presents this one.

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Words matter: Removing exclusionary terminology from our codebase

Intercom, Inc.

It was first proposed after Benjamin Whorf, a fire safety inspector at the time, observed how oil workers treated empty oil barrels as less hazardous than full oil barrels, despite them being equally flammable due to the traces of oil remaining in them. We had terminology replacements drafted and people with an appetite to make changes.

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How Warehouse Management Systems Help to Increase Efficiency by 25% and More

The Product Coalition

A warehouse management system will help to organize the workflow effectively. What is a warehouse management system? A warehouse management system combines software, specific devices (for example, data collection terminals with a scanner), and IoT sensors to track inventory information.

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Improve Your App Ratings By Using Google Play In-App Review API

The Product Coalition

In Aug 2020, Google Play released the In-App Review API which lets app developers prompt users to submit Play Store ratings and reviews for the app without the inconvenience of navigating outside of the app or game. During the flow, the user has the ability to rate your app using the 1 to 5 star system and to add an optional comment.

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Product Demos: Avoiding the Trap of Telling vs. Selling

Product Management University

The telling demos are more like an introductory training class on the product versus a sales presentation. Can you explain how your system reads resumes from job applicants?” Telling demos aren’t going to energize anyone. They usually end with, “Thanks for the very informative demo. We’ll call you if we have any questions.”

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Travel Management Systems: Smart Apps Designed To Facilitate Business Travel

The Product Coalition

Now that the COVID pandemic is over, travel management systems are valuable because business travel is back on the table. Consequently, travel software development companies come up with a solution called travel management system. What is a travel management system?

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Don’t let fear of feedback undermine your technical design

Intercom, Inc.

You’ve carefully justified your choice of programming language and why you just need to use a complex gossip protocol to build the system – it is theoretically the “best” language, but it’ll be tricky to get right (and yet really fun to build). You arrange the meeting and present your plan at the altar of the architect.