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Insights from the team that keeps Harvest ticking.

Running SQLite on Kubernetes: Surprisingly, not bad

We moved one of our legacy internal Rails applications from Heroku, PostgreSQL, and Heroku Scheduler to our Kubernetes platform, SQLite, and some Bash magic. The final result is surprisingly not bad! Background SQLite is a small, embedded,...

"Serverless" DNS

What is DNS? Simply put, DNS is what allows you to type in an address like www.getharvest.com to your computer/phone/tablet/smart-fridge or really any internet connected device and be routed to our website. DNS is the tool that translates the human...

Securing Harvest Emails

Email spoofing is one of the techniques the forces of evil use to convince you their spam/phishing email is legit. In short, email spoofing is used by these malicious agents to make it seem like their emails are coming from trusted sources like your...

Adding time tracking to your web application in 3 easy steps

Learn how to use Harvest Button and Widget to add time tracking functionality in your own application. Time tracking is at the heart of Harvest. That’s what we do best. In this short tutorial, I’d like to show you how, using a Harvest account with...

An Engineering Manager's Guide to Creating a Sense of Belonging Part 4

Ensuring engineers are proud of their work and employer This final post in our four-part series on fostering belonging at work focuses on building a feeling of alignment between engineers and your organization and helping ensure they feel proud of...

An Engineering Manager's Guide to Creating a Sense of Belonging Part 3

Supporting engineers' daily work and career development In this four-part series, we’ve been exploring the four core elements needed to feel a sense of belonging at work. We’ve looked at how engineering managers can help ensure engineers are seen...

An Engineering Manager's Guide to Creating a Sense of Belonging Part 2

Facilitating connections for coworkers In this four-part series, we’ve started exploring how engineering managers can impact employee retention, company culture, collaboration, and productivity by helping engineers feel a sense of belonging at work....

An Engineering Manager's Guide to Creating a Sense of Belonging

In this four-part series, we’ll explore how engineering managers can impact employee retention, company culture, collaboration, and productivity by helping engineers feel a sense of belonging at work. Having a sense of belonging is a core human...

Live timesheet updates

Have you ever noticed that if you start a timer in your web browser, your timesheet will show that fresh timer in your phone, or in any of our desktop apps? No need for reloading or manual refreshes, it just takes a moment for any of your Harvest...
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