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Searching GitHub: Improving developer efficiency with Workplace Search

More than 40 million people use GitHub as a collaboration tool for building software around the world. For most companies — including distributed teams like Elastic — GitHub has become a critical content source for building software, holding much of the information and knowledge upon which the organizations are built, across items like issues, pull requests, and more.

Slack Tips for Remote Communication

As the world is now forced into remote working due to COVID-19, I believe it’s important to make some things explicit that have been implicit for many a remote worker over the past few years with the rise of Slack in the distributed office. These tips are designed to be simple and actionable, with the goal of improving your remote working experience.

2020 Trends in Software Development

Coding Sans has published the State of Software Development Report since 2018 in an effort to uncover the rapidly evolving trends of this particularly agile industry. Each year, the report highlights challenges, best practices, and the tools that are driving the software development industry, and how things have changed year over year.

Free Software for Supporting Remote Workers During COVID-19

By now you’ve likely been flooded with dozens of client requests to set their employees up to work remotely. While it sounds like a simple request, it’s often easier said than done as many clients are missing the resources they need to effectively work from home. During COVID-19, if you’re searching for ways to quickly enable your clients to work and collaborate remotely while keeping their networks stable and secure, you’ve found it.