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Build workflows collaboratively using reusable and shareable packages

Build workflows together without duplicating work.

Mar. 31, 2021

Helm for Kuberenetes, Lessons Learned

Team experience with helm and the lessons we learned

Bashar Allabadi

Mar. 31, 2021

CSS-in-JS

Short overview of CSS-in-JS using Emotion

Ciarán Schütte

Jan. 25, 2021

Rust, React, and Raspberry Pi

A Parental Leave Project.

Dec. 11, 2020

Gateway, origin

The history of ARGO Gateway

Aug. 15, 2020

Don't use AssertJ

When practicality trumps ergonomics.

Aug. 19, 2019

The Right Tool For The Job

Choosing the right tool for the job is always important. The Jetbrains toolset is a powerful tool that should be part of any programmer's toolbox.

Apr. 12, 2019

Tell Me About Yourself, GraphQL

Using GraphQL introspective queries to explore your schema

Mar. 28, 2019

Accelerate data visualization with Stardust, a WebGL Platform

Data visualization with massive data could be fine in your browser

Mar. 6, 2019

Introducing ZenCrepes - Agile analytics across GitHub orgs & repos

Have you ever tried managing a scrum team across GitHub organizations and repositories? ZenCrepes has been created to facilitate project management for teams operating solely over GitHub issues, and across multiple organizations & repositories.

Francois Gerthoffert

Mar. 3, 2019

Migrating 8 PB of data from Filestore to Bluestore

How we migrated an 8 PB cluster from Filestore to Bluestore

Dec. 15, 2018

Agile in research - Another take on metrics and estimates

Can data help tell the story of a team? And how, by understanding its story, can a team become better at foreseeing its future?

Francois Gerthoffert

Oct. 20, 2018