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Supporting women today and tomorrow | Fastly
The tech industry isn’t exactly known for gender inclusivity. We’re taking action to make progress, and committed to more equitable results for our employees and our community as a whole. See how we’re revisiting our recruiting practices to be more inclusive, and how we’re celebrating Women’s History Month together.
Fastly looks back: 10 years of fond memories
March 3 marked Fastly’s 10 year incorporation anniversary. In honor of the occasion, we interviewed a few of Fastly’s longest-tenured employees to share their memories and visions for the future.
Reflecting on Fastly’s first-ever Global Week of Service
This year, we encouraged Fastlyans to take time out of the workweek to give back together, connect with colleagues, and contribute to organizations making a difference.
Engineering leaders: security is your job, too
The rise of secure DevOps has left many security professionals vying for the attention and support of their engineering counterparts. What can engineering leaders do to bridge the gap? We have four ideas to help you build security into your DevOps culture, workflows, and goals.
Fastly invests in teams & communities for voter engagement | Fastly
Now more than ever, engaging in our democracy is critical — and Fastly is invested in making sure our internal community has the tools and resources to do so effectively.
Why “by developers, for developers” matters
Developer-centricity is now a mission-critical philosophy for companies to embrace. And during COVID-19, we all know that the stakes have never been higher. We’ve seen that businesses that operate with a dev-first mindset at their core will have the strategic advantage and will only increase it, today and into the future.
Fastly’s security DNA: a look at our culture of safety, privacy, and trust
Fastly's heritage of security runs deep — far beyond our portfolio of web application and API security products. Our philosophy of developer empowerment, focus on community, and values-driven culture each contribute to our security DNA in an important way. And we'd like to tell you how.
Reflecting on our inclusion and diversity journey
There’s been an outpouring of corporate statements supporting Black Lives Matter over the past few weeks— but statements of solidarity don’t matter unless they are backed by action designed to create real change. We’re taking a look back at our diversity and inclusion journey, and the ongoing work we need to do as a company to manifest our aspirations.
Fastly: Life led by People, Process, and Technology.
Our unique approach to business continuity planning focuses not just on ensuring that our systems remain operations, but also that our processes and people have the backup and support they need. Here’s a template to make it yours.
Black Lives Matter: We are taking a stand.
We have a responsibility to use our platform and our privilege to say that Black Lives Matter — and commit to the work that statement entails.
Life at Fastly: bringing the Fastly spirit remote
Ensuring employee success is more than just making sure they have the right equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s also about finding a balance between work life and social life, and supporting teammates with activities that let them know we’re all in this together.
Fastly's COVID-19 employee care | Fastly
A healthy internet starts with healthy people. To take care of Fastlyans, we’re proactively surveying our people, boosting internal communications, focusing on mental health and wellness, and improving manager resources.
Generous, innovative, resilient: this is the web at its best
We’ve long recognized that the organizations in our community build more than applications and codebases. In this unprecedented global moment, our customers, partners, and friends are showing up for their communities in generous and innovative ways. Here are a few we’re applauding.
COVID-19 response: people first | Fastly
It’s been more than a month since going fully remote, and I’m reflecting on our internal response, how it’s shifted weekly based on learnings, and what it all says about our values and community.
$50M Support for Nonprofits & Open Source
In light of COVID-19, we’re expanding our Open Source and Nonprofit Program, and more actively investing in organizations supporting good in the world.
5 tips for creating a secure DevOps culture
Integrating security into your DevOps cycle isn’t something that happens overnight. Here are five tips for building a culture in which secure DevOps can thrive, enabling your team to build secure apps quickly.
We stand with the LGBTQ+ community
Fastly has joined more than 200 companies to sign a “friend of the court” brief that urges the U.S. Supreme Court to ensure the protection of LGBTQ+ people.
Using Feedback to Improve User Experience
Our new user onboarding experience is built on our values of putting the customer first, transparency, and constantly iterating and innovating. See what's new, and our methodologies for improving.
How Fastly Supports an Ethical and Open Internet
Open source projects are the foundation of the internet; by sponsoring their important work, we support our vision for unfettered, scalable technical innovation. We’ve supported numerous open source projects since the inception of Fastly, and our founding team has invested time into open source development since our incorporation. Read on to learn about the evolution of our Open Source and Nonprofit Program.
Fastly Engineers Discuss Coding Bootcamps | Fastly
It’s difficult to change course mid-career and educate yourself on a new subject after college has ended. For those entering the field of engineering, it often means taking coding classes or taking part in a coding bootcamp, such as those offered at App Academy, General Assembly, Hackbright Academy, and Hack Reactor.
