Tools

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A few fundamental tools are available at Nebulab to help at work. This section is a quick recap of what tools we use and why we use them.

We don’t like to re-invent the wheel so almost all of the tools we use at Nebulab are external services. We strive to use as few tools as possible to avoid tool-fatigue.

You can find a section named “Essentials” on the Bob homepage with the list of fundamental tools.

Google Workspace

Everyone gets a Google account in the form [email protected].

That Google account is used for:

logging into in to the tools described in this page
your main work email
work/social events on Google Calendar
video calls through Google Meet
company files (i.e. All-hands recordings, async updates) on shared Google Drives

Calendar

Being proficient in using Google Calendar is crucial to never miss a thing in your life at Nebulab. Whether it’s a client meeting, a social event or the All-Hands meeting, everything happens through a calendar event!

Email

You can use the following template as a signature in your work emails:

--
[Your full name]
[Role], Nebulab
https://nebulab.com

Slack

Our office. Communication explains how we use it and our channel conventions.

Bob

Our HRIS software. It’s the single source of truth for team data, here’s what you can find in it:

team directory (with interesting people bios and skills + private data not everyone has access to)
attendance tracking (clock-in/clock-out and PTO)
documents archive (i.e. your contract)
company updates
who’s out on a holiday
birthdays and anniversaries
onboarding and flows
tasks

Sensitive data ⚠️

Bob stores data about yourself that could be sensitive and it’s best kept private despite being essential for working at Nebulab.

Whenever in doubt, look at the list of fields on your profile, the data category description will say who the data is shared with! Like so:

Lattice

Empowering performance and goal management, Lattice keeps our growth on track and aligned. It’s most used for:

1:1 agendas
giving/requesting feedback
running engagement surveys
career planning and growth plans
performance reviews
compensation reviews
Mercer salary benchmarks

You can read more about it in Growth .

GitHub

Where our code and this knowledge base live.

Fellow

Very frequently the agenda for multiple-people meetings is managed with Fellow.

Stack Overflow for Teams

A private Q&A space for company-specific knowledge: questions about projects, customers, or the tools you have access to. Searching email or chat rarely finds the right answer; questions and answers structure knowledge the way we naturally learn. It’s an experiment to understand whether the tool is good for us.

Sign up with your @nebulab account.
Before asking, check whether someone has already asked your question. If you find yourself answering the same question repeatedly, ask and answer it yourself.
The platform is private, so you can be as specific as you need about customers and data.
Each new question is posted to #learning-engineering through the Slack integration, and you’re notified when someone comments on your answers.

SentinelOne

For security purposes we use SentinelOne as our XDR client. We understand this might be a concern for some people so we have a dedicated page: SentinelOne handbook .