Building a better robot
What if we could respond to emergencies better? What if the obstacles that put human beings in danger – fire, structural collapse, radiation – were less of an issue, and more lives, property, and wildlife could be saved? This is the thinking behind the DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC), which Atlassian Developer evangelist Tim Pettersen is competing in […]
Exploring the platform holy grail at Dev Den
On Tuesday November 5, Bjorn Freeman-Benson of New Relic descended upon the Atlassian Dev Den to tell us all about what he calls “the platform holy grail.” What works? What doesn’t? What does it take to create a platform that users and developers love? It’s important to note that Bjorn’s title is “software psychologist,” which may […]
The science that drives Uber
Since its launch in 2010, Uber’s engineering team has grown from four to 70. You might be surprised to hear that today, only six of those engineers are focused on mobile; the rest are responsible for the science that is helping Uber solve transportation problems globally (18 countries, 45 cities, every time zone, and a dozen […]
Celebrating equality, Atlassian style
Last week, the historic rulings on Proposition 8 and DOMA served as an unprecedented cause for celebration for many Atlassians. What happened next is a shining example of the non-corporate culture Atlassians love so fiercely. After the news of the rulings started to spread on Thursday afternoon, a blog post in our internal Confluence instance asked the […]
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