23 8 / 2009

Over the last 12-16 months Digg has seen some pretty big growth internally.  Our engineering team has tripled in size and we added both a QA and R&D team.  We went from releasing code once every 3-4 months to releasing code every day.  We encountered a number of roadblocks during the transition, some easy to overcome, others, not so easy.  We had to change some of our processes, adapt some new technology, and change a lot of peoples mindsets.

When I started with the company the entire…