3. Disclaimers
- Each startup has to discover their own way of working
- What works for us, might not work for you. Experiences are not translatable
- The tools recommended are not the only ones available
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4. Org Design
As a tech startup, the
organization is the ‘product’
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5. Org Design
- Designed for large engineering teams
- Tied closely with key
business/customer metrics
- Complete access to all internal data
sources
- ML, MySQL, BIME training for
everyone
- Read more here
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7. CC: Product to Manage the Consumer Product
- Specific workflows for each
team/function
- Every aspect of the consumer
product managed here
- Granular user management
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14. Slack as Org CLI
- Killed Email: Use Slack as communication
hub
- Integrate all apps and services into Slack
- System alerts, summary bots
- Custom command language to run tasks
- Custom data retrieval bots
- 80+ bots running
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18. Devops Automation
Jenkins for building and orchestration
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Ansible for setting up of servers and automated
deployment
Provision clusters of machines from a single
command from the terminal
19. Devops Alerts
New Relic + AWS Cloudwatch lets us monitor our infrastructure resources, usage and health
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Anything unusual is pushed to #devops-alerts,
and an Email to the service DRI is shot
32. Few things we have realised
- You only build what you know: Keep learning
- Data skills are a must: Train yourself and your team to look deeper
- Founders need to be hands-on: Sets the right the example for everyone
- Start very early: Discipline flows from the top
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