Tech and Tequila - The First Official Pulse Tech Talk

Pulse HQ

2 Shaw Alley

San Francisco, CA, 94105

This is the first of a series of tech talks that will be held at Pulse HQ in downtown San Francisco. Any and all interested guests are welcome! 

Building on the Shoulders Of Giants

How We Boostrapped an MVP Data Product on AWS and GAE

This talk, led by backend lead Greg Bayer, will attempt to cover several major components of Pulse's backend infrastructure, including an overview of the services we leverage, and how we specifically make use of them. Along the way, product engineer Elliot Babchick will be relating how each one of these pieces allowed us to create a product feature driven by user generated data, at scale, in just under a week, under a single engineer's supervision. 

One Screen, Two Screen, Red Screen, Blue Screen

Designing and Engineering a Mobile Application for Multiple Screen Sizes

Screens are everywhere; they're even on little devices inside our pockets. Yet how do we know how big they are when we load our software onto those portable screens? Android lead Albert Lai will walk through some of the key heuristics and techniques used to ensure a seamless Pulse experience that adapts to virtually any mobile device size.

For all guests 21 & up immediately following our tech talk, we'll be discussing (and tasting) the technology of tequilas premium: (http://www.tequilaspremium.com/) from a blanco, a reposado, to an anejo. Our brand representative will walk you through the tasting profiles and teach you what makes an alcohol a tequila, what makes a tequila a blanco vs a reposado. What tequila is most closely related to as well as any other questions you'd like to have answered regarding tequila.

We look forward to hosting you.