Winter Hackacthon 2019: Stock movement (& support) explorer

Here's a common support scenario we get regularly in the format of a query from a user: "Our warehouse was told to expect x number of products but they are reporting some are missing, they only have y." The first step into resolving the issue is (like any support operation) is understanding the question. The … Continue reading Winter Hackacthon 2019: Stock movement (& support) explorer →

Winter Hackathon 2018

Just before Christmas we completed one of our bi-annual hackathons - as has become our pattern, we focussed more on business projects rather than fancy tech.

Hackathon 2018 – It’s Dead Jim

Wouldn't it nice if we had some sort of notification telling us when it has gone for walkies rather than everyone asking "has JIRA gone down?" followed by a unison of sighs.

DevOps – Development’s responsibility in action

How we get development to own their applications in production without placing it all on one person's shoulders.

First steps into Docker & Jenkinsfiles

When we decided a year ago to automate our continuous deployment process (previously releases were quick but manual), I had the chance to look at Docker. It was more accessible for Linux, not all features were working on Windows and the documentation was little, but we gave it a go. I started to implement a … Continue reading First steps into Docker & Jenkinsfiles →