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Git+20 moreJan 30

Upgrading an Enterprise scale React application

Introduction At SeatGeek, the Fan Experience Foundation team recently upgraded from React 17 to 18, and we’d like to share some of the processes we …

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Slack+20 moreSep 15

Browser-Based Load Testing Without Breaking the Bank

Last month, droves of Bruce Springsteen fans lined up at SeatGeek.com to buy tickets to see the Boss. It was one of our highest demand onsales in …

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InternalJul 21

Allow Us To Reintroduce Ourselves

SeatGeek was started 12 years ago because we knew ticketing could be better. Since then, we’ve pushed the industry forward through product …

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Python+4 moreJul 2

Refactoring Go with go/analysis

Two years ago we wrote Refactoring Python with LibCST which documented SeatGeek’s first foray into building custom codemods to automate large-scale …

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SimpleSep 10

Introducing Druzhba: a Data Pipeline Framework

The SeatGeek Data Team is proud to present… Druzhba (PyPi, GitHub) is a friendly framework for building data pipelines! We couldn’t be more excited …

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ArticleApr 14

The Distributed External Configuration Store Pattern over SQL

In this article we’ll explore a pattern we used at SeatGeek to improve performance and resilience for our feature-flags service implementation and to …

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PythonDec 9

Refactoring Python with LibCST

Much of SeatGeek’s core is powered by Python. We rely on several Python services — built on top of the Tornado async web server framework — to …

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SeatGeeksharedMay 27

Jira

We are using JIRA cloud and in general we happy with this tool for the following reasons:

It is relative fast
Confluence comes from same Atlassian company
Easy to use and learn
Easy configurable
A lot of existing integrations with other tools
Large marketplace with a lot of plugins.

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ArticleMar 12

Celebrating Waterloo Interns at SeatGeek

This week at SeatGeek, we are saying a fond farewell to four fantastic co-op students from the University of Waterloo. This was our first time …

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TensorFlowMar 12

Smart Order Tracking: On-Demand Delivery Time Predictions with Quantile Regression and TensorFlow Serving

All ticketing companies have to deal with the uncertainty that surrounds ticket delivery. Different teams, performers and ticket sellers follow …

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ArticleAug 2

Why We Chose to Build SeatGeek Open on .NET Core

In July of 2016, SeatGeek announced that we would be the primary ticketer of Sporting Kansas City in the following Major League Soccer season. This …

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ArticleAug 2

Why We Chose to Build SeatGeek Open on .NET Core

In July of 2016, SeatGeek announced that we would be the primary ticketer of Sporting Kansas City in the following Major League Soccer season. This …

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ArticleJun 25

How SeatGeek is bringing ticket commerce to Snapchat

When we launched SeatGeek Enterprise in 2016, our stated mission was to use technology to reach and engage new patrons everywhere. We have taken that …

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ArticleJun 25

How SeatGeek is bringing ticket commerce to Snapchat

When we launched SeatGeek Enterprise in 2016, our stated mission was to use technology to reach and engage new patrons everywhere. We have taken that …

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PythonJun 4

Migrating to python 3

A big number of the internal services we have at SeatGeek are running on Python 2, but with the end of life for this version being around the corner …

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PythonJun 4

Migrating to python 3

A big number of the internal services we have at SeatGeek are running on Python 2, but with the end of life for this version being around the corner …

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ArticleMay 18

Care Begets Care

There’s a phrase my friend, Stephanie, says often and whenever I think of it, I hear the words in her voice: “Hurt people hurt people.” There are a …

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ArticleMay 18

Care Begets Care

There’s a phrase my friend, Stephanie, says often and whenever I think of it, I hear the words in her voice: “Hurt people hurt people.” There are a …

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ArticleApr 23

Meet us in Minneapolis: SeatGeek Goes to the Super Bowl

It’s a cold Sunday morning in Minneapolis, but this isn’t your typical Sunday… it’s Super Bowl Sunday, and SeatGeek’s Inventory team is gearing up …

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ArticleApr 23

Meet us in Minneapolis: SeatGeek Goes to the Super Bowl

It’s a cold Sunday morning in Minneapolis, but this isn’t your typical Sunday… it’s Super Bowl Sunday, and SeatGeek’s Inventory team is gearing up …

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Android SDKApr 5

Software Design Patterns in Android Development

In just the past few years, mobile development has changed greatly in terms of not only what is capable on a pocket-sized device, but also in terms …

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Android SDKApr 5

Software Design Patterns in Android Development

In just the past few years, mobile development has changed greatly in terms of not only what is capable on a pocket-sized device, but also in terms …

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ArticleFeb 23

Customer and Experiences and 'Customer Experience'

When I was in 8th grade, I got a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to travel from my small town to Disney World as part of a school trip. It was an …

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ArticleFeb 23

Customer and Experiences and 'Customer Experience'

When I was in 8th grade, I got a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to travel from my small town to Disney World as part of a school trip. It was an …

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ArticleJan 29

Consistent Design, Fully Modular, Can’t Lose

Last Summer we decided to update the look and feel of our apps. This post shares our process from start to finish. It’s broken up into four sections …

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ArticleJan 29

Consistent Design, Fully Modular, Can’t Lose

Last Summer we decided to update the look and feel of our apps. This post shares our process from start to finish. It’s broken up into four sections …

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ArticleDec 9

SeatGeek is a Glassdoor Best Place to Work (Again!)

The past year has been an extraordinarily exciting one for SeatGeek. In 2017, we’ve built the industry’s best seating previews, signed a deal with …

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ArticleDec 9

SeatGeek is a Glassdoor Best Place to Work (Again!)

The past year has been an extraordinarily exciting one for SeatGeek. In 2017, we’ve built the industry’s best seating previews, signed a deal with …

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ArticleDec 2

Distributed team meetings and learnings - Copenhagen edition

Cultural diversity is an important ingredient in creativity. At the tip of our process and teamwork, we leverage the different ways we use the …

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ArticleDec 2

Distributed team meetings and learnings - Copenhagen edition

Cultural diversity is an important ingredient in creativity. At the tip of our process and teamwork, we leverage the different ways we use the …

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ArticleNov 3

Employee Spotlight: Lily Dai, Finance

Welcome to SeatGeek Employee Spotlights – an opportunity to meet the fantastic folks on our world-class team. By day, we’re a group of talented …

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ArticleNov 3

Employee Spotlight: Lily Dai, Finance

Welcome to SeatGeek Employee Spotlights – an opportunity to meet the fantastic folks on our world-class team. By day, we’re a group of talented …

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ArticleOct 27

SeatGeek adds Facebook as distribution partner to fuel event discovery

We launched our primary ticketing platform a year ago with one overarching goal: to get more fans to live events. Through our open API approach, an …

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ArticleOct 27

SeatGeek adds Facebook as distribution partner to fuel event discovery

We launched our primary ticketing platform a year ago with one overarching goal: to get more fans to live events. Through our open API approach, an …

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ArticleAug 3

Employee Spotlight: Erin Elsham, People Ops

Welcome to SeatGeek Employee Spotlights – an opportunity to meet the fantastic folks on our world-class team. By day, we’re a group of talented …

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ArticleAug 3

Employee Spotlight: Erin Elsham, People Ops

Welcome to SeatGeek Employee Spotlights – an opportunity to meet the fantastic folks on our world-class team. By day, we’re a group of talented …

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Docker

CacherJul 26

Faster (re)deploys with docker-build-cacher

seatgeek open sourced seatgeek/docker-build-cacher Builds a service with docker and caches the intermediate stages At SeatGeek we use Multi-stage …

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Docker

CacherJul 26

Faster (re)deploys with docker-build-cacher

seatgeek open sourced seatgeek/docker-build-cacher Builds a service with docker and caches the intermediate stages At SeatGeek we use Multi-stage …

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ConsulJul 13

Managing Consul and Vault: Introducing hashi-helper

seatgeek open sourced seatgeek/hashi-helper Disaster Recovery and Configuration Management for Consul and Vault This post is the first of a bonus …

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ConsulJul 13

Managing Consul and Vault: Introducing hashi-helper

seatgeek open sourced seatgeek/hashi-helper Disaster Recovery and Configuration Management for Consul and Vault This post is the first of a bonus …

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ArticleApr 18

TopTix Joins SeatGeek!

We believe that modern technology can be a force for good in live entertainment. That’s why we created SeatGeek Open – a platform which enables teams …

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ArticleApr 18

TopTix Joins SeatGeek!

We believe that modern technology can be a force for good in live entertainment. That’s why we created SeatGeek Open – a platform which enables teams …

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ArticleApr 6

Using Vault: A Practical Guide

This post is the second of a two-part series on using Vault in production. Both posts are slightly redacted forms of internal documentation. This …

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ArticleApr 6

Using Vault: A Practical Guide

This post is the second of a two-part series on using Vault in production. Both posts are slightly redacted forms of internal documentation. This …

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Amazon EC2Mar 14

Friendly AWS Infrastructure Discovery with Haldane

seatgeek open sourced seatgeek/haldane A friendly http interface to the aws api A common task when working in server infrastructure is to take …

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Amazon EC2Mar 14

Friendly AWS Infrastructure Discovery with Haldane

seatgeek open sourced seatgeek/haldane A friendly http interface to the aws api A common task when working in server infrastructure is to take …

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ArticleJan 27

The Ugly Truth: Why Legacy Ticketing Companies Love Fraud

by Jeff Ianello, EVP, SeatGeek Open Partnerships at SeatGeek. After more than a decade spent working on the team and league side of sports business, …

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ArticleJan 27

The Ugly Truth: Why Legacy Ticketing Companies Love Fraud

by Jeff Ianello, EVP, SeatGeek Open Partnerships at SeatGeek. After more than a decade spent working on the team and league side of sports business, …

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ArticleJan 20

Announcing Pano, An Immersive Venue Experience

Great technology at SeatGeek helps us give fans as much information as possible before making a purchase. Features such as Deal Score, which ranks …

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ArticleJan 20

Announcing Pano, An Immersive Venue Experience

Great technology at SeatGeek helps us give fans as much information as possible before making a purchase. Features such as Deal Score, which ranks …

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