What happens when you dedicate a day to breaking things on purpose? At Bol.com, it’s called Chaos Day—a day where teams intentionally cause failures to uncover weaknesses and build confidence in their systems.
Chaos Engineering DayEver wondered how large organizations adopt new technologies like GraphQL while managing complexity and scale? In this episode, Lars and An from Bol.com share their inspiring journey of transforming their architecture, influencing teams, and building a thriving GraphQL community.
How Bol Adopted GraphQLWhy is it crucial to track your cloud expenses? In this episode, we chat with two experts about mastering Cloud FinOps—how to monitor costs effectively and scale without breaking the bank. Plus, plenty of laughs and lively discussions along the way!
Discovering Cloud FinOpsEngineers vs. Designers—can these two worlds truly align? Join us with Cansu and Wendy as we explore the quirks, challenges, and laughs that come with collaboration.
Design & EngineeringJoin us as Ronald van Rijn, Senior Director of Engineering at bol.com, reflects on his first 100 days. From his early programming days with a Commodore 64 to leading 900 engineers, Ronald shares his journey, leadership insights, and plans for the future. Learn how he tackles challenges, fosters impactful innovation, and applies lessons from hobbies like Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu to his work.
100 Days as Director of TechnologyDiscover how canary releases and tools like Argo Rollouts enable safe, progressive deployments. Guests Sonja Nesic and Diego Lira share insights on testing in production, leveraging automatic rollbacks, and optimizing release strategies for agile DevOps teams.
Canary Testing | Road to ProDiscover how bol.com tackles accessibility in tech! Join engineer Leanne Scheepers and lead designer Niels Peter Foppe as they share insights, tips, and challenges on creating inclusive products. Tune in for a fresh perspective on accessibility
Accessibility in TechJoin us as we chat with Robin, a data scientist from bol.com, who shares how his team tackled complex data pipeline challenges by using layered approaches and innovative solutions like Apache Airflow. Robin makes it easy to understand by comparing data workflows to baking bread (yes, really!) and highlights how his team built a robust, reliable system to handle critical logistics data for bol.com.
Tips for Data EngineeringJoin us as we explore performance testing with experts Nithya and Marcel from bol. They share insights on ensuring system reliability during peak seasons through chaos engineering and isolated testing. Discover best practices, tools, and strategies to tackle performance challenges and enhance user experience. Tune in for valuable tips from industry professionals!
Performance Testing & Chaos EngineeringOn this episode we're joined by Bart Enkelaar and Rob Klein Gunnewiek as the experts on SRE! This talk will cover lots of SRE principles, insights and innovations within the teams at Bol. Next to that, we've had a lovely chat with lots of laughter. So enough reasons to grab a nice drinks and enjoy the episode!
End to End Observability
