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Ways we retain team members
Ways we retain team members
With the effort we put into hiring, it’s no surprise that we want to keep team members around for as long as possible. And for the most…
Wes Cossick
Sep 14, 2023
Our approach to hiring
Our approach to hiring
Although we’re a small team, we’ve put a great deal of thought into how we hire at Sparksuite. We believe that our team members are our…
Wes Cossick
Feb 23, 2023
Craft coffee at the office—for everyone
Craft coffee at the office—for everyone
Here’s how we made craft coffee accessible to everyone at our office, without needing to become a barista, and without sacrificing quality.
Wes Cossick
Aug 12, 2022
Why we restructured our health benefits
Why we restructured our health benefits
As a software company, we’re always improving our products, and we apply this same mentality to our perks & benefits—iterating over time to…
Wes Cossick
May 20, 2022
Why create a company Instagram account?
Why create a company Instagram account?
Creating an Instagram account is a no-brainer for certain industries like retailers, photographers, and restaurants. But what about…
Shanlee Conchola
Mar 9, 2022
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Our journey to power redundancy at the office
Our journey to power redundancy at the office
Mitigating work interruptions at the office due to power outages is part of how we support our team’s best work. Here’s how we did it…
Wes Cossick
Dec 8, 2021
Moving beyond customer service
Moving beyond customer service
Why we’ve developed customer success teams rather than customer service teams, what that means, and how to do the same.
Meredith Owens
Jan 16, 2020
Introducing Sparksuite’s open salary calculator: transparent, predictable, and fair pay scales
Introducing Sparksuite’s open salary calculator: transparent, predictable, and fair pay scales
Transparency is a core goal for the Sparksuite family. Today we’re taking a big leap toward that end with our new salary calculator.
Wes Cossick
Sep 26, 2019
Lessons from a decade of software development
Lessons from a decade of software development
Lessons I’ve learned from spending the last decade developing software and building software companies.
Wes Cossick
May 1, 2019
Why we restructured our paid time off
Why we restructured our paid time off
Today, we released a new paid time off policy at Sparksuite, replacing a set of policies that had been in place for about a year. I want to…
Wes Cossick
Mar 5, 2018
Avoiding common, lesser-known pitfalls with dates in Swift
Avoiding common, lesser-known pitfalls with dates in Swift
With mobile apps, incorporating the time and date in keys, signatures, and/or hashes is a common way to validate data sent between your app…
Evan Green
Feb 2, 2018
How to use SSD persistent disks on Google Kubernetes Engine
How to use SSD persistent disks on Google Kubernetes Engine
A simple how-to guide for using SSD persistent disks on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE).
Wes Cossick
Nov 6, 2017
7 ways to speed up your GitLab CI/CD times
7 ways to speed up your GitLab CI/CD times
CI/CD speed is crucial for developer efficiency. Here’s how you can significantly improve your GitLab job times…
Wes Cossick
Oct 24, 2017
Open sourcing Sparksuite’s employee handbook
Open sourcing Sparksuite’s employee handbook
Although headquartered in The Woodlands (near Houston), Sparksuite aims to be one of the leading software companies in Texas. That requires…
Wes Cossick
Apr 26, 2017
How to transfer a Google Analytics property from one Google Account to another
How to transfer a Google Analytics property from one Google Account to another
Last month, Google released the much needed ability to move Google Analytics properties between accounts. Why is this useful? Given that…
Wes Cossick
Oct 26, 2016
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