How Slack Uses JSON

Slack's Security Engineering team describes how they built an AI agent-based system to automate and streamline security investigations.

This article details Slack's approach to making Chef infrastructure deployments safer by splitting a single production Chef environment into six bucketed environments (prod-1 through prod-6) mapped...

The article discusses Slack's audit logs and the detection of anomalous activity within its platform.

This article details Slack's migration from AWS EMR 5 with Spark 2 to EMR 6 with Spark 3, highlighting the challenges faced and the performance improvements achieved.

The article discusses Slack's initiative to modernize its mobile codebases, focusing on improving app architecture, adopting new design patterns, and enhancing developer experience.

The article discusses the implementation of continuous load testing at Slack using a tool called Koi Pond.

The article discusses Slack's initiative to stabilize, modularize, and modernize its mobile codebases to address technical debt that has hindered development.

This article provides a practical guide on creating a simple Kubernetes admission webhook using Go.

The article discusses the API design principles and processes employed by Slack to enhance developer experience.

The article discusses the implementation of a granular role management system at Slack, focusing on the challenges faced with existing roles and the transition to a Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)...

The article discusses Slack's approach to load testing using a tool called Koi Pond, which simulates user interactions to assess system performance under heavy loads.

This article discusses Slack's migration of millions of concurrent WebSocket connections from HAProxy to Envoy Proxy.

The article discusses Slack's approach to distributed tracing using causal graphs, focusing on the limitations of traditional tracing systems and the development of a new data structure called Span...

The article discusses the concept of the app sandbox, its importance in enhancing security for Electron applications, and provides a technical guide for developers.

The article discusses Slack's migration from PHP to Hack, a language designed to enhance PHP's capabilities.

The article discusses Slack's transition from using the Libslack shared C++ client library to developing separate implementations for mobile clients.

The article discusses Chrome Tracing, a powerful tool for collecting detailed performance data in web and Electron applications.

The article discusses the journey of rewriting the Slack Python SDK to support Python 3, focusing on the motivations for change, the assessment of the existing code, and the implementation of new f...

This article discusses the re-architecture of Slack's workspace preferences by transitioning to an Entity/Attribute/Value (EAV) model to enhance scalability.

The article discusses Slack's implementation of its Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) and the goSDL tool designed to enhance security without hindering deployment speed.

The article discusses the evolution of the Slack API, particularly focusing on the introduction of the Conversations API to support Shared Channels.

This article discusses enhancements made to the Android UI automation testing framework at Slack, focusing on improving the developer experience and reducing complexity in test setup.

The article discusses the challenges and solutions involved in scaling Slack's job queue system, which processes billions of tasks efficiently using Kafka and Redis.

The article discusses the implementation of syscall auditing at scale, specifically through the use of the open-source tool go-audit developed by Slack.

The article discusses the challenges and strategies involved in improving the Slack client experience by deduplicating client code and enhancing edge caching.

The article discusses the integration of ES2015 with Electron through a new library called electron-compile, aimed at simplifying the development process for Electron applications.