Kevin Yank

Recent articles in Culture Amp (page 2 of 3)

  1. Apr 5, 2023 On Endings: Why & How We Retired Elm at Culture Amp

    From time to time someone will ask, "Does Culture Amp still use Elm?" I'll answer privately that no, we are no longer investing in Elm, and explain why. Invariably, they tell me my answer was super valuable, and that I should share it publicly. Until now, I haven't. This is the story of how, after four years of proudly advertising Elm as its preferred language for building web UIs, Culture Amp decided – I decided – to leave it behind.

  2. May 10, 2022 Web Directions Hover 2022 Day 2 notes

    These are the live notes I took from Day 2 of the Web Directions Hover 2022 conference for our team internally at Culture Amp.

  3. May 2, 2022 Web Directions Hover 2022 Day 1 notes

    These are the live notes I took from Day 1 of the Web Directions Hover 2022 conference for our team internally at Culture Amp.

  4. Apr 26, 2022 How to test for screen reader accessibility with VoiceOver on your Mac

    Every Mac has a screen reader built in, called VoiceOver. This article describes how you can use it to test the web application user interfaces you build!

  5. Jan 14, 2022 Micro Front Ends, Strategy, and Blueberry Muffins

    As the director of Culture Amp's large-and-growing front end engineering practice, my biggest challenge in the past year was to communicate a coherent strategy that those 60+ engineers could understand and get behind. The solution was blueberry muffins. 🫐