InRead Write CodebyZach Galant·Oct 13, 2017CodeHS Partners with the Readers Question Bank Group to Bring Peer-Reviewed Quiz Questions to…CodeHS is excited to announce a partnership with the Readers Question Bank Group, an association of teachers collectively creating a…
InRead Write CodebyZach Galant·Oct 10, 2017Find pre-made quiz questions on the CodeHS quiz question bankWant computer science quiz questions? We’ve got them!
InRead Write CodebyZach Galant·Aug 31, 2017What does “working smart” look like at CodeHS?One of my favorite operating practices at CodeHS is Working Smart.
Zach Galant·Aug 29, 2017Keep a pulse on your team with quick checkin formsIt’s really important to gather feedback from your team. But, you don’t want to be a burden and take up too much time that should be spent…
Zach Galant·Aug 24, 2017Become a better engineer with code reviewRecently at CodeHS, we’ve put a much bigger emphasis on our code review process. This is mostly related to our team growing. Before, I…
Zach Galant·Jul 27, 2017Learn from our 500 Error pageLots of websites make funny 500 or 404 error pages with jokes or unicorns or fail whales.
Zach Galant·Jul 17, 2017The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up Your CodebaseThis Spring at CodeHS, the engineering team spent the first few weeks of Q2 entirely focused on code cleanup. We called it “Spring…
Zach Galant·Apr 13, 2017The Firefighter Hat: How we fight fires on the CodeHS engineering teamThe team at CodeHS is pretty small. This means that there are overlapping responsibilities among everyone on the team. It can become a big…
Zach Galant·Mar 8, 2017Repeat Your Top PrioritiesIf you have a list of top priorities for your company, add this to the top of your list: Make sure the team knows the top priorities.
Zach Galant·Feb 19, 2017Urgent vs. ImportantDeciding what to work on and when to do it is very difficult. It’s often easy to feel like you’re getting a lot done, but really you’re…