Shows
TechLab by BolDistributed Tracing at ScaleToday we're joined by Rogier Lommers, a Space Tech Lead within Bol who has been working on the roll-out of Distributed Tracing at scale. We'll dive into the initiative and how this currently works in production. Next to this, Rogier shares some insightful tips on how to start.What this episode coversIn this episode, we explore distributed tracing in microservices architecture, covering how it enhances observability and helps quickly identify issues in large-scale systems. We discuss the basics of distributed tracing, practical tips for implementation, and the benefits of tools like Google Cloud...
2024-09-0336 min
TechLab by BolTech Radar - hard discussions lead to transparencyThe 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 coversWe will answer questions like:What is...
2023-03-0954 min
Beyond CodingMigrating to the Cloud at bol.com with Mirko van Ede and Rogier LommersThere's a lot going on over at bol.com, especially behind the scenes. Today Mirko van Ede (director of engineering) and Rogier Lommers (tech lead) join us to discuss one of their biggest ongoing projects: migrating to the cloud.
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2021-10-2044 min
TechLab by BolMaximize cloud benefits
Next level leveraging cloud computing
We moved 70% of our services to the cloud and new services start in the cloud unless... Time to dive into a topic brought up by our tech leads. Want to know how you can maximize your cloud benefits?
Alexandra wrote a blog post on Horizontal Pod Auto-scaling, HPA.What this episode coversIt triggered us for this episode.Maximizing cloud benefits can be done in many different ways. For this episode, we dive into auto-scaling. Cloud computing brings great features for scaling up and down based on...
2021-06-1643 min
CodekletsRogier Lommers en Ivo Toby over het draaien van je eigen serverIn deze aflevering heeft Saber het samen met Ivo en Rogier over het draaien van je eigen server(s) en waarom je dat als software ontwikkelaar zou willen doen.
Hosts & Gasten
Saber Karmous (Host)
Rogier Lommers (Guest)
Ivo Toby (Guest)
Onderwerpen
[00:00:05] Intro
[00:08:23] Waar moet je aan denken qua hardware?
[00:11:28] Is ARM based hardware nog een nadeel?
[00:17:54] Hardware geoptimaliseerd voor energieverbruik
[00:33:37] Operating Systems
[00:36:24] Wat is ZFS?
[01:07:23] Wat doe je met zo'n thuisserver?
[01:48:18] Tips
Tips & Links
Rogier Lommers: Docker containers van linuxserver.io (). Uptodate containers, goed gedocumenteerd.
Rogier Lommers: Restic backup (). Ideale backup tool...
2021-06-071h 58
CodekletsRogier Lommers en Kevin van den Broek over werken bij Bol.comWe worden door Rogier Lommers en Kevin van den Broek meegenomen in hun werkzaamheden bij Bol.com. We hebben het o.a. over de tech stack van Bol.com, hoe teams zijn georganiseerd, en een "plaatjes machine".
Een special shout out gaat naar Salves, zij maken het mogelijk dat we onze opnames online kunnen doen.
Hosts & Gasten
Saber Karmous (Host)
Rogier Lommers (Guest)
Kevin Van den Broek (Guest)
Onderwerpen
[00:00:04] Intro
[00:19:03] De geschiedenis van Bol.com
[00:21:21] Tech stack bij Bol.com
[00:26:08] Organisatie van teams
[01:04:57] De plaatjes machine
[01:21:05] Een miraculeus project
[01:27:47] Developer Dilemma's
[01:40:50] Twitter...
2020-12-152h 01TechLab by BolRedesign for the cloud – horizontal scalingWe think "the Cloud" is to broad a subject to handle in one episode of the podcast. That is why we break down our cloud journey in small pieces and go over them in separate episodes. This time we dive into "Redesign for the cloud – horizontal scaling".What this episode coversIn an earlier episode we discussed how we moved our Big Data to the Cloud, in the Cloud as an enabler to becoming more data-driven.When moving applications and services to the Cloud we think about redesigning them, like in this ca...
2019-09-2633 minTechLab by BolFrom zero to PRO: Using GO @ bol.comIn this episode we talk about GO. Go is not a language that is used the most at bol.com. That’s is Java, together with Kotlin.What this episode coversIn 2014 it was introduced for the first time and reached a steady but not so big user group. Recently, along with the move to the cloud, we experience a second wave of adoption. When you listen to the stories our two enthusiastic guests share in this episode, you might even believe Go is the future.Guests
2019-05-0732 min