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We are Zendesk Kraków now!

64 long days have passed since the acquisition of Base and we’re launching Zendesk Sell. Sell is Base that customers loved to use, but now enhanced with Zendesk platform and deeper integrations with Zendesk tools. For the Krakow office, it has been an intense period. Read on to learn about our transition, our plans for Krakow office, and the future of Sell in Zendesk product family.

HackKRK is back! Searchvana

In today’s world knowledge is abundant but wisdom is scarce. Can you find wisdom in ancient texts? Can you do it faster than the competition? If you’re into backend engineering, the hackathon will be an opportunity to pursue true wisdom with other skilled and like-minded engineers. Come join us on October 17th and experience a…

The future is here – mobile automation we have all been waiting for

This is the first part of a four-part blog post series describing how we in Base have built a modern test automation and cloud testing solution. The first part is a high-level overview of a problem that we have faced and a solution to it. The second part is going to be a deep dive…

The ‘what’ of writing tests

In the previous post (The 'why' of writing tests) of this series I talked about my motivation behind creating automated tests and how I learned to appreciate them as a productivity tool. That explained why I write them. Today I want to share what I cover with tests. Let's Recap Let me briefly summarize the…

What it means to be a Software Engineer

Every once in a while my brain would get into this weird mode where it starts analyzing my latest thoughts and experiences. And then it would come up with some revolutionary insight. The kind of insight that makes you go “whoa, how come I never knew that” and your whole life is different. You start…

Groupon Journey

Recently we’ve had a few success stories published about how Base enables Groupon to sell more. [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYcGF42EWPc&[/embed] I’m proud to say that I was a part of a team we formed in Base that made this happen. Today, I’d like to share with you a couple of lessons learnt from my Groupon experience. I hope…

2 years later

I joined Base two years ago. Today I want to share how I feel about Base after the, always biased, enthusiasm of a new hire wore off. Null Till You Ship It

The ‘why’ of writing tests

Today, I'm going to tell you about my quest to discover tests. I think that many people walk the same path I walked, struggling with the same obstacles and debating over similar problems. There is value in that. We all learn best from our own mistakes, and when lost, you often find interesting places. I'm…

Between data science and business intelligence – Product Analytics at Base

Sooner or later every company that strives to be data-driven stumbles across a problem of having more data than can be analyzed without a specialized position devoted to this task. Here is how we tackled this challenge at Base.