Our Journey to Multi-Region: Cross Datacenter MySql Data Replication
In this post, we will explore HubSpot's strategy for managing global data with MySql. This is the fourth installment of a five-part series about ...
Latest
Day in the Life: Richa Khandelwal, Senior Engineering Manager
Meet Richa Khandelwal, a Senior Engineering Manager at HubSpot who works remotely out of her home in Portland, Oregon. Before joining HubSpot, Richa ...
Our Journey to Multi-Region: VTickets, Hublet-Compatible MySQL Auto-Increment
In this post, we will explore HubSpot's strategy for handling MySQL auto-increment ids. This is the third installment of a five-part series about ...
Improving Database Reliability: Preventing Hotspotting with Client-Side Request Deduplication
Single-node hotspotting is a common source of reliability problems for systems that use distributed databases. At HubSpot, we recently introduced ...
Engineering
Moving Mountains: How We Migrated from Enzyme to React Testing Library
For years, Enzyme was the de facto standard for testing React applications. Originally built by Airbnb in 2015, Enzyme makes it easy to assert, ...
HubSpot Incident Report for October 20, 2025
On October 20, 2025, HubSpot experienced a significant service disruption affecting multiple product features due to a severe AWS outage in the ...
It's Never a Hardware Bug, Until it is.
Most software developers have heard the maxim, “it’s never a compiler bug,” and its companion, “it’s never a hardware bug.” But if you investigate ...
Context is Key: How HubSpot Scaled AI Adoption
This post is intended to be the first in a series about empowering product, UX, and engineering teams with AI. We’re going to focus on how we’ve ...
UX
Designing for Your Next Decade of Growth
Your business has evolved, and your tools should too. Our refreshed interface reduces cognitive load with thoughtful simplification and feature ...
Portfolio Reviews Done Right: Tell the Story, Not Just the Process
When we’re hiring designers we have different interview types that they go through. We’re trying to assess how designers apply craft, collaborate, ...
From Research to Reality: A Product Designer's Journey in Shaping a New Feature
Written by Lindsay Derby, Design Lead @ HubSpot
Connection and Community at PEER Week 2024
In Q2, HubSpot held its annual Product Engage, Excite & Reunite (PEER) Week(s). Held in both Cambridge, Massachusetts and Dublin, Ireland, PEER ...
Product
Unlocking Deep Research for 250,000+ Businesses: How HubSpot Used MCP to Engineer the First Third-Party CRM Connector for ChatGPT
Authors: Rishav Paul , William Hou , Chris Connors , and Sejal Parikh. ----------
Figma Design & Prototype: Tips & Tricks to Increase Speed
Hi everyone! I'm Yves, a Product Designer on the AI team. AI is moving quickly, and my designs and prototypes need to as well. Prototyping is a ...
Passkeys: The Future of Login at HubSpot
Logging in to a website, app or service is something we rarely think about. We’ve been trained to provide a username and password since the early ...
Growing Better in Product: the Importance of Collaborative Culture
Written by Dana Land, Deliverability Consultant @ HubSpot
Product Management
Connection and Community at PEER Week 2024
In Q2, HubSpot held its annual Product Engage, Excite & Reunite (PEER) Week(s). Held in both Cambridge, Massachusetts and Dublin, Ireland, PEER ...
Deciphering the Ecosystem Product Manager Role: Strategies for Success in Complex Environments
Written by Eric Peters, Product Lead, Academy Product Group @ HubSpot
Product & Engineering Roundtable: How Remote Work Works at HubSpot
At HubSpot, we're all in on hybrid. But that means something different to us than most other companies. To us, hybrid means that every HubSpotter can ...
Looking Back: Our Most Popular Posts of 2023
2023 was an incredible year of growth for us at HubSpot directly driven by our Product and Engineering teams who tackled hard problems that helped ...
Culture
HubSpot’s Engineering Values
At HubSpot, our mission is to help millions of organizations grow better. And our product & engineering teams play a critical role in achieving ...
How Do Engineering Leaders Onboard at HubSpot?
Written by Kuba Niechcial, Director of Engineering @ HubSpot
Growing Better in Product: the Importance of Collaborative Culture
Written by Dana Land, Deliverability Consultant @ HubSpot
Connection and Community at PEER Week 2024
In Q2, HubSpot held its annual Product Engage, Excite & Reunite (PEER) Week(s). Held in both Cambridge, Massachusetts and Dublin, Ireland, PEER ...