More than ten years have passed since Douglas Crockford released his first book about JavaScript. It’s now time to embrace a new one. It's supposed to shed a light on different aspects of the language, point out the problems and discover possible … Read more
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Tracing performance of backend services written on Java with Sleuth, Zipkin & ELK stack
Logging and monitoring make up a very important part of any “high-load” project nowadays. The goal of this article is to provide an overview of what can be achieved in order to organise efficient logging and tracing of modern web applications written … Read more
Developers Tell Codemotion How They Improved Their Work (and Life)
By now, you've probably failed at least some of your new year's resolutions to get more sleep, eat better, or exercise more. But what there was a way you could set resolutions to also benefit your career? At Codemotion we've enjoyed some fantastic … Read more
Multi-armed bandits – a better way to A/B test?
A/B testing is a well-known approach for determining which of several options will work best for your users. However, it also has some well-known issues. In this talk at Codemotion Amsterdam 2019, Claudia Vicol (head of Platform Infrastructure Data … Read more
Machine learning as a service – serving reusable ML models
Artificial intelligence and machine learning are huge topics at the moment. So, when I saw the title of this talk at Codemotion Amsterdam 2019 I was intrigued. The talk was given by three developers from ING, who build components for the rest of the … Read more
How to Solve 5 Common Career Challenges for Developers
It's January, and most of you have probably enjoyed a break from work over the festive season. Less time coding and more time gaming or film watching. All that time with colleagues is replaced with family, friends and pets rather than coworkers. But … Read more
Sacrificing Code Quality to hit Deadlines and Other Developer Team Dilemmas
Developers are under a lot of pressure to produce quality software and to do it quickly. But new research from Diffblue conducted by Vanson Bourne positions these as competing demands. 300 participants were surveyed who work in software development, … Read more
An ode to the Commodore 64 – Chiara Russo
This is my Commodore 64 and it's because of this that my passion for IT was born. With this I wrote my first lines of code. Who of you started in the same way, with a Commodore 64? Many, I'm sure! The Commodore 64 was the protagonist of an era, … Read more
Election technology: making voting great again?
Boris in No. 10, Putin in the Kremlin, Trump in the White House. Our voting decisions in national elections have an enormous impact, for better or for worse.But how to vote in an election is changing across the world, thanks to digital … Read more
Free coding lessons tackling women’s “imposter syndrome” in tech
Anna Brailsford, CEO at Code First: Girls, is training an army of coding women to infiltrate the "boys' club" of tech.Coding the future: Anna Brailsford What is Code First: Girls? Code First: Girls is one of the largest communities of … Read more
Cybersecurity is as much about social engineering as bugs
Not a day passes without news of cybersecurity - a ransomware attack, data theft, DDos attack, a research identified vulnerability, or serious hardware flaw. At this year's Codemotion Amsterdam, Eward Driehuis, (former research chief at … Read more
Jobs in artificial intelligence and robotics top LinkedIn list for 2020
Artificial intelligence specialist and robotics engineer are the fastest-growing jobs in the US, according to LinkedIn.The annual Emerging Jobs Report highlights the skills associated with these roles and the cities and industries in which … Read more
Dear recruiter: How can I get a job in tech with a disability?
Business consultant and disability advocate Neil Barnfather MBE tells us about what it's like having a disability in today's job market. Looking for a job is not always an easy task. Couple this endeavour with both practical and societal barriers and … Read more
How to scale your DevOps from 100 servers to 1,000+
Codemotion Amsterdam 2019 had a huge variety of talks across more than a dozen tracks. One of the ones that stood out for me was this talk on DevOps, given by Pat Hermens of Coolblue. Coolblue is one of the biggest online retailers in the … Read more
Config management and cost optimisation for serverless computing
Serverless computing is growing in popularity. In a serverless setup, you no longer run your own virtual servers. Instead, you compose your application using services such as databases and compute. The result is a more streamlined and reactive … Read more
Scaling is Caring: scalable pipelines for machine learning in healthcare
Artificial intelligence is a true game-changer in many fields. But in healthcare, it promises to actually save and transform lives. Pacmed is a Dutch startup specialising in applying AI to healthcare, focusing on intensive care units. In his talk at … Read more
Concerning Modules – how the lost wisdom of the ‘70s helps us today
Douglas Crockford describes himself as the Godfather of JavaScript. When I saw he was giving the main keynote at Codemotion Amsterdam, I knew we were in for an interesting talk, and I wasn’t disappointed. Rather than talk about JavaScript, Douglas … Read more
Ready, Steady, Crash! One engineer’s journey into the world of load testing
“We are sorry. Our servers are under heavy load at present. Please try again in a few minutes.” We have all seen messages like this when a service is struggling to cope with the load. But how can you test how well your website will cope under load? … Read more