Matt JamesBalance While Giving Feedback as a ManagerParticularly when you need to lift someone up who is underperforming you need to give balanced feedback, even though it can be difficult.May 30, 2021May 30, 2021
Matt JamesOracle v Google — Myth BustingFull disclaimer that I am no lawyer, this is based on documents I’ve read online. I also worked at Oracle for a couple years ages ago…Aug 2, 2020Aug 2, 2020
Matt JamesIssues with Enterprise Cloud and SaaS PricingI’m just fed up with dealing with large cloud and SaaS vendors lately. And like any sane person needs to do sometimes — I decided to write…Aug 29, 2019Aug 29, 2019
Matt JamesMaking good architecture decisions — Re: SegmentThere’s been a lot of the times where I’ve used a design pattern or architecture where it felt like I was swimming upstream. I often blamed…Sep 3, 2018Sep 3, 2018
Matt JamesManaging MicroService EnvironmentsPart of the strategy in our product was to move from a single application to a handful of services. We chose the architecture to match the…Jun 30, 2018Jun 30, 2018
Matt JamesIntroducing AppSec into DevOps TeamsAnother learning from DevSecCon Singapore.Feb 24, 2018Feb 24, 2018
Matt JamesPragmatic approach to security bugsI’ve just been to DevSecCon in Singapore and had the rare opportunity to really think deeply about the practices, both security and other…Feb 24, 2018Feb 24, 2018
Matt JamesEvent Driven End-to-end TestingWe first tried doing a variation on Keyword-driven Testing where you define your actions and data at a high level. In our case we used…Aug 21, 2017Aug 21, 2017