
Open Source Guidelines | Widen Engineering
Projects should not depend on internal Widen infrastructure. Making something that interacts with our public APIs and sites is fine, but a project that launches EC2 instances in our cloud is not.
Tomcat Hates Encoded Slashes | Widen Engineering
So, our URI of “/proxy/http%3A%2F%2Fwiden.com%2Fcareers” is being expanded to “/proxy/http%3A//widen.com/careers” before it is routed to a matching endpoint handler. Of …
Widen Engineering
As part of Widen's commitment to contributing back to the open-source community, we have sponsored work to improve the CSS variables implementation in WebKit. Read on to learn …
Dagster + Meltano: A complete open-source ELT solution for the …
When we, the Widen Data Team, began looking to revamp our ELT platform we chose Dagster and Meltano. Here's why.
AWS CloudFront User Authentication using Lambda@Edge
'use strict';exports.handler=(event,context,callback)=>{constrequest=event.Records[0].cf.request;constheaders=request.headers;// …
The Story of Widen's Frontend Component Library
Over time, Patterns grew from where it started as a side project to an integral part of front-end development at Widen. Developers were able to build new features much quicker by using the …
A Tale of Performance - JavaScript, Rust, and WebAssembly - Widen
Welcome to another Widen engineering blog post! Today, we’re going to embark on a journey of optimization. We’ll compare and contrast multiple approaches to solving a simple performance …
The Future of Web Development - React, Falcor, and ES6 - Widen
In fact, some of Widen’s emerging software products will make use of all of the new technologies discussed in this article. Next, I’ll document each notable new tool.
Sometimes, a Billion Laughs Aren't so Funny - Widen
Widen, like many companies, makes heavy use of open-source technology, and we’ve made it a part of our mission to give back to this community that we benefit so much from. In light of this, …
Demystifying TypeScript's Extract Type | Widen Engineering
Many of the applications we develop at Widen utilize TypeScript for front-end development to provide a high level of type safety while also remaining familiar to developers who are used to …