Load testing with Locust
During the recording of this episode, we are in the week of Black Friday. An exciting week for people hunting for bargains. And also for a lot of our colleagues.
Load testing with LocustPodcast
108How could this happen
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 could this happenAI for Retail Lab on recommendations
In this episode, we virtually visit the AI for Retail Lab and dive with two members into the world of recommendations. The AI for Retail (AIR) Lab Amsterdam is a joint UvA-Ahold Delhaize industry lab and conducts research into...
AI for Retail Lab on recommendationsWarehouse Mechanization
Warehouse mechanization is a part of our IT landscape where our IT meets the physical world. It is one of those places where we encounter that while we could scale our IT almost indefinitely in the cloud, the physical...
Warehouse MechanizationThe Programmer's Brain
Some aspects of software engineering are easily overlooked. In the book The Programmer's Brain some of these like reading code, thinking about code and collaborating on code are at the centre. In this episode, we talk to the author of this book to guide us through these aspects.
The Programmer's BrainUnderstanding customers using their search queries
Imagine you want to buy something. You go to bol. com and you start typing the article in the search bar.
Understanding customers using their search queriesHow the Retailer API became the heart and soul of an ecosystem
In early April the latest version of our Retailer API was launched. Given the importance of the API for almost 15. 000 partners this was again a major step.
How the Retailer API became the heart and soul of an ecosystemEngineering Productivity and Backstage
Engineering Productivity With the growth of our engineering community, the need for more focus on engineering productivity is clear. We invited two experts to discuss this topic with us. We actually got to this point when one of our...
Engineering Productivity and BackstageOutside perspective on the edges of autonomy
How interaction resulted in a guest appearance “We like interactions and feedback”, that’s what we say in our outro. The guest of our show reacted to one of our podcasts earlier this year. We reached out to him and invited him to the podcast.
Outside perspective on the edges of autonomyPredict the Unpredictable
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.
Predict the Unpredictable