https://www.olark.com/topics/engineering/ Recent content in Engineering on Olark Hugo en-us Mon, 24 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.olark.com/speak/how-we-skipped-our-trip-to-vegas-and-ran-a-remote-engineering-retreat-during-a-pandemic/ Mon, 24 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.olark.com/speak/how-we-skipped-our-trip-to-vegas-and-ran-a-remote-engineering-retreat-during-a-pandemic/ How Olark ran a remote engineering retreat - successfully and virtually - during a pandemic. https://www.olark.com/speak/how-a-saas-company-evolves-its-front-end-tech-stack/ Mon, 19 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.olark.com/speak/how-a-saas-company-evolves-its-front-end-tech-stack/ Olark engineer Phillip Whisenhunt explains how Olark continues to refine its front-end tech stack with JavaScript and Flux by trying new technologies slowly. https://www.olark.com/speak/guarding-against-social-engineering-attacks/ Thu, 05 May 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.olark.com/speak/guarding-against-social-engineering-attacks/ Matt Harris, founder of sendwithus, explains how using the Olark API will minimize the chances of a social engineering attack over live chat. https://www.olark.com/speak/lightningjs-safe-fast-and-asynchronous-third-party-javascript/ Thu, 08 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.olark.com/speak/lightningjs-safe-fast-and-asynchronous-third-party-javascript/ Olark CTO Matt Pizzimenti explains why Javascript and LighteningJS are safe, fast and asynchronous options. https://www.olark.com/speak/dont-break-the-internet-with-your-javascript/ Thu, 01 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.olark.com/speak/dont-break-the-internet-with-your-javascript/ Olark CTO Matt Pizzimenti explains how Olark Javascript reads live chat messages and returns data. https://www.olark.com/speak/how-we-created-the-olark-tweet-your-logo-form/ Thu, 01 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.olark.com/speak/how-we-created-the-olark-tweet-your-logo-form/ How Olark created a social media marketing campaign around a https://www.olark.com/speak/ninja-mysql-backups-your-silent-guardians-against-interweb-oni/ Wed, 16 Sep 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.olark.com/speak/ninja-mysql-backups-your-silent-guardians-against-interweb-oni/ Aaron Wilson of Olark discusses MySQL, security, Percona, and binary logs. https://www.olark.com/speak/sometimes-the-browser-is-magic/ Wed, 16 Sep 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.olark.com/speak/sometimes-the-browser-is-magic/ Browser encoding can change from one request to the next. When you set content-type, be sure to also specify a charset.