Brian Cooksey is the Director of Engineering at Zapier and a Missouri native.
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Tools for Remote Software Development and Pair Programming
For all the benefits that a remote office offers, there are times when I wish I could roll my chair over to a coworker's desk for a minute and chat through a complicated bug or tough technical decision.
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What it's Like to Take a Long Paternity Leave
August was fast approaching, and my son's due date was roughly two months away. At the time, Zapier did not have an official parental leave policy. No employee had had a child yet, so we hadn't needed one.
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Don't Let Tech Lingo Hold You Back: 7 Common Developer Terms Explained
Spend a little time with developers and it won't be long until you hear acronyms like "DB" and "AWS" or see the word "get" repeatedly misspelled as "git".
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When REST Gets Messy
Back in January, we launched a new version of the Developer Platform – the place where companies can add their APIs to Zapier.
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