<span>Alley Insight</span>

How We’re Building an Equity-Minded Remote Company

You’ve heard Alley is a company committed to building a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace, and are wondering what actions we’ve taken. Over the past year we have focused on supporting equity at all intersections and improving team member learning and development as part of a long-term sustainability plan to embed Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I) efforts in all areas of Alley’s business.

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Mythbusting continued: WordPress security

WordPress itself is fundamentally secure and extremely stable. The vast majority of security issues with WordPress sites are caused by avoidable errors: failing to update WordPress core, using unvetted plugins, and using insecure passwords.

How to Start a Podcast

There were a few essential things that we needed before starting our own podcast, Two Scrums Up. If you’re thinking of starting one, here are some things to keep in mind.

Scrum Values and Community Values

Alley’s core company values of quality, transparency and accountability closely align with the values of Scrum and, more broadly, the principles of agile software development. However, recent events have led us to consider how the practice of Scrum also supports our community values – radical candor, psychological safety, asynchronous communication, diversity, and inclusion.