TL;DR We share our experience on how we built a conversational bot with Finite State Machines. It turned out to have its own shortcomings so we built a (Domain-Specific Language) DSL to design our flows and called it “Sushi”. Sushi is a more flexible and straight-forward tool to build complicated flows.
Sushi: A DSL for Conversational Flow DesignWeb applications usually start small and loveable, but gradually become larger and larger as more people work on them and front-end technologies move on. If you’re not careful they can potentially end up as the one thing no-one wants...
SWAPs: From monolith to small web applicationsLast June, Spaces Summit was organized by and for bol. com employees. At Techlab, we want to celebrate this event by highlighting two presentations every month.
Part 1: Talks Spaces Summit v2.0Do you want a jump start at learning Go? Now’s your chance! Bill Kennedy will be giving his 3-day “Ultimate Go” course this summer at bol. com HQ. This class will give you an intense, comprehensive and idiomatic view of the language.
'Ultimate Go' with William KennedyEarly October 2017 saw the release of a new tool for test automation, Cypress 1. 0. It's not just another tool, it's a tool with specific goals in mind.
Test automation with a great new tool: CypressWe asked 25 developers, five tech leads and someone “who does unspeakable things with technology” - more commonly known as our principle tech lead which technologies (tools, libraries, language or frameworks) they believe are hyped, happening or happened: hyped - which...
The hyped, happening and happened application frameworks and Java runtime @ bol.com (Part 5)We asked 25 developers, five tech leads and someone “who does unspeakable things with technology” - more commonly known as our principle tech lead which technologies (tools, libraries, language or frameworks) they believe are hyped, happening or happened: hyped - which...
The hyped, happening and happened async programming and streaming frameworks @ bol.com (Part 4)We asked 25 developers, five tech leads and someone “who does unspeakable things with technology” - more commonly known as our principle tech lead which technologies (tools, libraries, language or frameworks) they believe are hyped, happening or happened: hyped - which...
The hyped, happening and happened front end frameworks and web APIs @ bol.com (Part 3)We asked 25 developers, five tech leads and someone “who does unspeakable things with technology” - more commonly known as our principle tech lead which technologies (tools, libraries, language or frameworks) they believe are hyped, happening or happened: hyped - which...
The hyped, happening and happened programming languages and testing frameworks @ bol.com (Part 2)Every once in a while we reflect on the technologies we use in our everyday working lives. Which technologies did we pick up recently that made us more productive and our work more fun? Are there any new technologies...
The hyped, happening and happened tech @ bol.com (Part 1)