Sharpening your axe
Setting up a developer environment for contributing to the Javascript Open Source Ecosystem🌳 ⛏✨“Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.”Contributing to...
View ArticleSequence Numbering in Serverless via API Gateway
Photo by Kolleen Gladden on UnsplashFor many of us moving to serverless from traditional applications, it may be puzzling to find an easy way to generate sequence numbers. Traditionally, relational...
View ArticleLambda vs Lambdas
This may sound like a superman character or a Hollywood movie brawl scene, with the good-hearted hero felling 10 baddies with a single swing of his arm. I could only wish if this was as defining as...
View ArticleOn Leading Engineering Teams
How I develop and lead successful software engineering teams.I have been involved in leading software engineering teams for more than a decade — first as a technical lead, and then as a member of...
View ArticleNotes on Joining The LEGO Group and The LEGO Tech Summit
The LEGO House view from outsideThe LEGO Tech Summit is an annual internal event that brings together all the ET&A teams (Engagement Technology and Analytics) at The LEGO Group. We invite anyone...
View ArticleDon’t wait for Functionless. Write less Functions instead
Less is more?During my school days I used to get confused by the saying, “less is more”. It puzzled me for a very long time. I remember trying to analyse the statement and asking myself “how is 2 more...
View ArticleTyped take-aways from the React Advanced Conference 2019
I attended the React Advanced Conference 2019 and have written some notes on what I absorbed. Here are a couple of talks that I particularly liked, on topics that I’m currently interested in learning...
View ArticleServerless Engineer, where are you?
credit: givingcompass.comMe: Hello… Serverless Engineer! Can you hear me? Anyone out there?Them: Who is that?Me: Relax, nothing serious! I am on the lookout for a Serverless Engineer.Them: Who on earth...
View ArticleThe power of Amazon EventBridge is in its detail
Source: Amazon Web ServicesAmazon EventBridge — a gem!Many in the industry hailed the availability of Amazon EventBridge as the next big thing after lambda functions. They indeed have every reason to...
View ArticleA fishing analogy for EventBridge filtering rules
We all know that our imagination can take us beyond the unthinkable. I was sitting inside a beautiful conference room in Stockholm, listening to a great talk on ‘Serverless Data Streaming at Scale’ by...
View ArticleWhy the ‘WHY’ matters more than the ‘WHAT’ in Serverless!
It is indeed time to change gears. Even after six years since we first witnessed lambda function, and many years benefiting from managed (serverless) services, we are repeatedly getting stuck and...
View ArticleNo more AWS keys for you…
A post about AWS Access keys with security in mindPhoto by Michael Dziedzic on UnsplashIt’s time to talk about AWS Access keys. In the Direct Shopper Technology team at The LEGO Group we are moving...
View ArticleOne year at The LEGO Group as an Application Engineer
One year at The LEGO® Group as an Application EngineerMy first year anniversary giftWow can’t believe it has been a year already! It has really flown past, and in this time I have learnt and levelled...
View ArticleHello, my name is… Mathilde (Application Engineer)
“Hello, my name is…” is a new series of stories introducing you to some of our shopper technology team at The LEGO® Group in London, offering an insight in to our engineers and product owners, what...
View ArticleAn insight into what motivates, drives and inspires us at LEGO.com
LEGO Duplo in the London HubA collection of anecdotes from our Direct Shopper Technology team at The LEGO Group.Looking around at our engineering team is pretty amazing in terms of how diverse we are...
View ArticleAccelerating with Serverless!
Journey to serverlessAs you browse through LEGO.com, please remind yourself that the backend business services of LEGO.com run as serverless services on AWS cloud. Of course, there are SaaS platforms...
View ArticleHello, my name is… Clara (Product Owner)
“Hello, my name is…” is a series of stories introducing you to some of our shopper technology team at The LEGO® Group in London, offering an insight in to our engineers and product owners, what they do...
View ArticleFunctionless S3 Integration inside a Serverless Casserole-Part 1
A batch operation recipe!Continue reading on LEGO Engineering »
View ArticleChallenging the Status Quo! Serverless Casserole — Part 2
Destination calling!Continue reading on LEGO Engineering »
View ArticleThink and develop serverless applications as ‘set-pieces’
Everything is possible when you break it down!Continue reading on LEGO Engineering »
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