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ExPlat’s Development Principles and Practices
When we started working on Automattic’s new experimentation platform (ExPlat), it became clear that we needed to agree on the development practices for the project. Achieving consensus was critical, given Automattic’s fractal nature and its strong emphasis on autonomy. In practice, these attributes lead to a high variability of project development cultures across the company, depending…
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Architecting ExPlat: Automattic’s New Experimentation Platform
Last month, my colleague Aaron Yan published a broad overview of Automattic’s new Experimentation Platform (ExPlat). This month, we’ll dive deeper into ExPlat’s architecture and design, explain how the landscape at Automattic informed our architectural decisions, and describe the platform’s main components. Future posts will share details on each component and other aspects of experimentation…
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Being globally distributed: a constant reminder to have an open mind and more
Five perspectives on working remotely in a company distributed across the planet.
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“I found a lot of new and exciting ways to break WordPress.com”: Highlights of our time at Automattic
A few of my colleagues — with tenures at Automattic from just a few months to many years — share their highlights of working here. Robert Felty Robert, you rejoined us a few months ago. What has been your highlight so far? I would like to focus on one aspect of Automattic which has been dramatically…
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One Pandemic, Four Countries and Six Different Stories
I asked my colleagues in India, the United States, the Netherlands, and Germany about how the COVID‑19 pandemic has affected them. They share how reducing their time online has helped them, and compare their experience at Automattic with those they had at companies that are not fully distributed. Anand Nalya Anand, how has COVID‑19 affected you…
Data for Breakfast 