Network Infrastructure at Faithlife

The network infrastructure powering Faithlife has seen a massive transformation in the last eighteen months. We’re really excited about all the cool new changes, and the measurable impact they’ve had on our employees, customers, and the products / features we’re able to offer. Given that, we thought that sharing our solution was a fun way to live our values and showcase what we think is pretty cool.

Philosophy

At Faithlife we value smart, versatile learners and automation over expensive vendor solutions. Smart, versatile learners don’t lose value when technology changes or the company changes direction, as vendor solutions often do. If we can use commodity hardware and open source software to replace expensive vendor solutions, we do.

Commodity hardware is generally re-configurable and reusable, and lets us treat our hardware like Lego bricks. Open source software allows us to see behind the curtain, and more easily work with other existing tools. We’re empowered to fix our own issues by utilizing the talent we already employ, not just sit on our hands waiting for a vendor support engineer to help us out (though we do like to keep that option available when possible). Additionally, combining commodity hardware with automation tools like Continue reading