![]() ![]() Late last year, Justin Watts, head of engineering at TunnelBear, brought up the prospect of using Netlify to get around some of the hurdles Jared’s team was dealing with when shipping new sites. We’re thinking about how we can isolate the things we really do, and abstract away the things we don’t need to be doing.” Challenges “We’re working on making the whole process smoother, and focusing on what we’re actually providing to clients through the website. “It’s a mix between supporting our environment as a whole, our development process, and coding itself,” says Krause. If there’s an engineering edge TunnelBear can use to level up their user experience, it’s Krause’s job to find it and master it. Jared uses modular, component-based, reusable code to craft responsive websites that aren't just beautiful, but highly performant as well. ![]() For Krause, efficiency is inextricably linked to scalability and speed. ![]() Jared Krause is Tech Lead for the web development team at TunnelBear, focused on maintaining a high quality user experience and ensuring his team of developers can work as efficiently as possible. Everyday, the two bears play a critical role in their users’ online lives, guarding users’ privacy and securing their sensitive information. The TunnelBear VPN protects users’ internet connections, while RememBear’s password manager remembers and safeguards their passwords. Millions of users rely on two friendly bears: TunnelBear and RememBear. Taking the time to answer it has paid dividends for TunnelBear, its developers, and its customers. TunnelBear’s road to streamlined deploys, faster sites, and better developer experience all started with that one question. Using Netlify, TunnelBear’s team of engineers were able to regain control over their process and site architecture while letting go of the processes that taxed developer productivity. They don’t quite have the luxury of taking a thousand-foot view of their work and asking “What are we best at and what should we really be focusing on?”īut, in the precious moments between deploying sites and maintaining site infrastructure, Justin Watts asked fellow TunnelBear engineer, Jared Krause, that exact question. In the middle of a deploy, developers are focused on the task at hand. ![]()
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