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bol.com Techlab
9M ago
There are two pillars in this episode. We start with the Technical Platform at bol.com. We'll explore what type of software engineering these teams are working on and what they are trying to achieve for the rest of our engineering community. The other part is Product Discovery. We try to figure out what problems we are solving in the discovery phase. While doing this we keep our focus on the Technical Platform and try to uncover how these specific challenges are solved.
What this episode covers
The Technical Platform:
What are we trying to achieve by having Technical Platform teams?
Which ..read more
bol.com Techlab
11M ago
Moving Elastic Search to the Cloud. Elastic is one of the core components of the eCommerce Tech Platform. It powers the search engine as well as other trivial functions. In our own data center it has the biggest footprint. Time to discuss how the team approached this cloud journey.
What this episode covers
In this episode we want to answer these questions:
How do I transfer my Elastic Search data?
What is Elastic Search migration?
How do I set up Elastic Search on Google Cloud?
Does Google Cloud have Elastic Search?
Is Elastic Search cloud free?
How do I change my Elastic Search storage loca ..read more
bol.com Techlab
1y ago
If you look at the title of this episode, you might think that we are going to unveil our details about how we protect the bol.com platform against DDoS attacks. We should be clear about this, we just can’t in the current world we live in. But we wanted to talk about this because the solution used is worthwhile sharing. So we double-checked with our security department and verified what aspects we can share; they are interesting enough.
What this episode covers
DDOS protection
For an ecommerce site like bol.com, is this a large problem?
With DDOS protection in place, what did we still miss ..read more
bol.com Techlab
1y ago
Chantal is on a mission. To make people aware of the buying drip or in Dutch "Koopinfuus". Together with Chantal we dive into this phenomenon and discuss what it is. We find out what the three pillars are that contribute to this drip. We make the connection with Tech. Tech empowers platforms like bol.com to use for the good and bad. Never before it was so important to be aware of this phenomenon and ask ourselves the question how we contribute to this. And just like her first book, it backed by a lot of research. The book will be released on the 17th of May and can be pre-ordered.
What this e ..read more
bol.com Techlab
1y ago
The Tech Radar is a tool to inspire and support Engineering teams at Bol.com to pick the best technologies for new projects; it provides a platform to share knowledge and experience in technologies, to reflect on technology decisions and continuously evolve our technology landscape. Based on the pioneering work of ThoughtWorks, our Tech Radar sets out the changes in technologies that are interesting in software development — changes that we think our engineering teams should pay attention to and use in their projects.
What this episode covers
We will answer questions like:
What is a tech rad ..read more
bol.com Techlab
1y ago
Neurodiversity is the idea that neurological differences, such as autism, ADHD, Tourette syndrome and dyslexia, should be recognized and respected as a natural form of human diversity, similar to cultural and ethnic diversity. The neurodiversity movement advocates for the rights and equality of individuals with neurological differences and promotes the idea that these differences should be celebrated and not stigmatized.
What this episode covers
We structured this episode about neurodiversity into a couple of main topics:
Introduction of the topic of neurodiversity and providing some backgro ..read more
bol.com Techlab
1y ago
The guest of our show presented the Data Build Tool, DBT, in one of our knowledge-sharing sessions. Especially the fun part is what I recognize when I look at this knowledge-sharing session. The guest of the show presented it in an enthusiastic way and used terms like: the macro functionality makes DBT awesome and Ephemeral is the Unique Selling Point.
What this episode covers
In General
What is a Data Build Tool?
What problems does it solve?
What are the two versions? Cloud, CLI
Why is it much more interesting to use than other ETL, transformation tools?
Analytics Engineering
Explain a bit ..read more
bol.com Techlab
1y ago
Five years ago, Chantal found out she got a lower salary than a male colleague with less experience. Till that moment she was ok with the male-dominated Tech world. But this triggered her. She started reading about this topic, interviewed many people and decided to write this book. She became very passionate about this important topic which you can already feel when reading the book. And while interviewing her, Peter Paul and Peter were triggered many times by this passion.
What this episode covers
The Book
The book is an excellent combination of research, examples, tip&tricks and even a ..read more
bol.com Techlab
1y ago
Order Sourcing Simulation is needed to enable capacity steering over our warehouses, network of sellers and logistical partners. Data Science is used to predict customer behavior and simulate capacity impact.
What this episode covers
What is:
Order Sourcing
Capacity Steering (multiple warehouses, locations, etc)
What is needed to do this well?
Intake
Etc.
Now the context is clear, we can dive into the issue
What do we need to solve/achieve?
And when the why is clear, we can dive into the Data Science part:
When did Data Science popped up?
How do you use this for this issue?
What challen ..read more
bol.com Techlab
1y ago
What is a product-led organization? If you google it you will find a definition in the 1.4 billion answers similar to this: Product-led means being guided by the potential of products and product teams, and breaking down the silos between “the business” and “the product”. The business IS the product. At bol.com, we are on our own journey to discover what product-led means. And we see similarities with the other journeys like becoming Agile, implementing DevOps, move to the cloud we went through. Only when we start to ask our Engineers what they need it really starts to fly
What this episode c ..read more