How Data Science supports us to predict the unpredictable
Just like for any store, forecasting is an important tool to support the business and its profitability. At bol. com we have worked on several major iterations of our forecast.
Proof data consistency in a micro service landscape
Introduction
Even if it doesn't appeal to you, you might want to think about it when you work in a larger microservice landscape or have a serious big data platform. . .
We 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".
Great products are build on a great Product Architecture
Today we explore our product architecture. We have been talking with Jim van de Waal about product organizations. We spoke to our Agile at Scale friends about product organisations and Agile at Scale.
The angle for this episode of our podcast is hackathons. At the time of the recording, there was one going on in our headquarters in Utrecht. What is a hackathon? Why do we organise them? And we talk about some of the initiatives at the current hackathon.
If you are a regular listener to the podcast or an e-commerce watcher, you know “the season” is very important for us. It is a yearly recurring theme in the podcast. You are probably also aware that uptime and responsiveness of our app and website are crucial.
How is life with Jim van der Waal - Product Manager at Onefootball
Almost a year ago we spoke to Jim van der Waal, a former colleague and now working as a Product Manager at OneFootball. Back then he had just delivered his presentation: “Scary close to autonomous teams” during the Spaces Summit 2019.
Recently Jim posted a range of blog posts, with topics like:
Product Owner vs.