tl;dr – Buffer experienced interrupted service due to the AWS outage on Tuesday. All is back to normal now, and all posts are going out...
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Cloudbleed Update: Buffer Data Is Not Affected
tl;dr – Customers should not worry about their Buffer data after the Cloudbleed incident Several hours ago our team learned of a large security incident at Cloudflare, a service we...
Leading Ideas: Buffer’s new Engineering Career Paths Framework
During early startup days, everyone pitches into everything and just does what needs doing. The focus is on building a product: getting it out the...
An Inside Look at the New Buffer for iPhone And iPad
Since the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in June, I have been working hard on our iOS 8 update. And now, the new Buffer for iPhone...
Why Full-time Programming is a Part-Time Job
The internet is not lacking tales of all-night coding sessions. Or non-stop, no-time-for-weekends crunch periods at critical and not-so-critical times. So, it would seems to...
From Android Contractor to CTO: My Story As An Engineer
In August 2012, my cofounders and I decided to pull the plug on Fancite, the startup I had been working on for over a year and...
How to Stop Procrastinating on Your Goals: The Story of Fighting Alligators and Building Bikesheds
Web apps are great. Really they are – I’m a big fan! Using web apps has been a huge step forwards in so many ways....
How To Stay Focused on Your Goals When ‘Yak-Shaving’ Takes Over
At Buffer we have a focus on self-improvement. We share what we are working on each week and get encouragement and tips from other members of the...
Meet The Single Line of Code That Generates Nearly $4 Million a Year
At the core of how Buffer schedules posts is one line of a cronjob configuration that hasn’t been touched since the very start when Joel...
How Buffer Has Reacted to the ‘Heartbleed Bug’ to Protect Our Customers
You may have heard some talk recently about the “Heartbleed bug.” That’s the scary-named vulnerability that was just discovered in the software library that protects...
Behind the Scenes: How Buffer for iOS 7 Was Built
Today, we are thrilled to announce the newest version of Buffer’s iOS app, which represents a major upgrade in design, code, and features. We’ve gone...