Andrew EasterShould your ever really need to “recharge your batteries”?There’s a very common metaphor that I, along with many other it seems, have subscribed to for as long as I can remember— it’s the concept…Aug 20, 2017Aug 20, 2017
Andrew EasterQuick tip: pre-fetched ivy2/maven dependencies in Docker base imagesGiven I generally develop on the JVM (Scala or Java), and given that I happen to be a big fan of containerisation in general, one of the…Jul 25, 20173Jul 25, 20173
Andrew EasterListen to your software“Listen to your software, when it’s calling for you”May 15, 2017May 15, 2017
Andrew EasterOn tech hiring: lessons from the pelotonGiven my love of both software engineering and cycling, I thought it would be an interesting experiment to draw parallels between them…May 6, 20171May 6, 20171
Andrew EasterTechnical Debt: Recognising the rate of interestSo, I’ve had this idea to break up technical debt into two high-level categories — high interest and low interest. Somebody may have…May 3, 2017May 3, 2017
Andrew EasterPractical Implementation Traits of Service Choreography Based Microservices IntegrationThis is the second post in a three part series looking at the topic of microservice integration. In the first installment, I focused mainly…Jun 9, 2016Jun 9, 2016
Andrew EasterThe Art of Microservices Integration Using Service ChoreographyThis is the first post in a three part series looking at the topic of microservice integration. In this first installment, I’ll be focusing…May 8, 20161May 8, 20161
Andrew EasterCustomer Experience Makes the DifferenceIn this post, I’m going to dip my toes into the world of customer experience (CX). This isn’t a subject I’ve written about before, but a…Feb 3, 2015Feb 3, 2015
Andrew EasterA Confusing Side to Twelve Factor App ConfigurationI’m sure I’m not the only one who breathed a sign of relief when the clever brains behind Heroku published the Twelve Factor App…Jan 21, 2015Jan 21, 2015
Andrew EasterLessons From My First Startup FailureIt’s been a while since I last posted here, and good reason — I’ve been trying to run a startup! As this is a technically focused blog —…Oct 2, 2014Oct 2, 2014