About the Authors

Harrison Harnisch is a staff software engineer at Buffer, transitioning the development team to a modern stack built on Node, React, and Redux. He has migrated three large web applications and is an active open source contributor. In a past life, he was a touring drummer in a band called The Sweethearts of the Rodeo (not the famous one).

Katie Womersley is a Director of Engineering at Buffer, a globally distributed team with no offices. At Buffer, she leads the engineering team, focusing on crafting productive, effective teams and delivering a world-class software product. She previously worked as a software engineer before moving into leadership. Her writing has appeared in The Next Web, Inc., and Fast Company. She champions remote work and believes that distributed teams are the future of work.