How Slack Uses Kubernetes

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...

Slack's Deploy Safety Program, launched in mid-2023, achieved a 90% reduction in customer impact hours by January 2025 through automated detection, remediation, and cultural changes across all depl...

The article 'Break Stuff on Purpose' discusses the importance of intentionally causing failures in systems to improve recovery processes and enhance resilience.

The article discusses the evolution of Slack's Chef infrastructure, focusing on enhancing safety and scalability through a transition from a single Chef stack to a sharded infrastructure.

The article discusses how Slack automatically detects stolen session cookies to enhance user security.

The article discusses advanced rollout techniques for stateful applications in Kubernetes, focusing on the development of the Bedrock Rollout Operator at Slack.

This article discusses Slack's transition from Enzyme to React Testing Library (RTL) for frontend testing, highlighting the challenges and solutions encountered during the conversion of over 15,000...

The article explores the significant contributions of women in the Data Engineering team at Slack, highlighting their roles in managing complex data systems and fostering a diverse work culture.

The article discusses the evolution of cron script execution at Slack, detailing the challenges faced with reliability and scalability.

The article discusses the Technology Lifecycle framework used by Slack to manage the development, support, and retirement of infrastructure projects.

The article provides an insightful glimpse into the daily routine of Georgi Knox, a Senior Cloud Engineer at Slack Australia.

The article discusses the Recommend API developed by Slack, which serves as a unified framework for generating recommendations using machine learning.

The article discusses BuildRock, Slack's new build platform designed to enhance the efficiency and safety of code deployment.

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

This article discusses the application of product thinking to Slack's internal compute platform, Bedrock, emphasizing the importance of understanding user needs and implementing features that enhan...

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 'Going from Coder to Slack Engineer' discusses the author's journey as a Software Engineering Intern at Slack, focusing on the development of an image editor feature.

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 how Slack utilized machine learning to effectively block spam invites, enhancing user experience and reducing human intervention.

This article details Slack's experience upgrading Apache Airflow from version 1. 8 to 1.

The article discusses how Slack hires a red team for security assessments and provides guidance for organizations looking to implement similar practices.