Jan 182021 a new challengeLets face it 2020 was not exactly a ball, then came 2021.. cunningly…. and that really wasn’t so good either.. however… 2021 saw a huge change in my career amidst all the COVID issues that humanity is going through. …Reflections3 min read
Jul 13, 2020Mongo atlas search of email address(via lucene)I have been looking at an elastic search solution to our slow data query problem at CompareTheMarket for a while now and haven’t quite got the resource or priority at the moment to push our bespoke solution out. …3 min read
Nov 13, 2017Outside-in testingTo test or not to test — that is a question that has been answered long ago and I wont be going into the pros and cons (there are none)… Just Test.. Please… up Front!! ie .. TDD.. please! I have lost count of how may times my tests have…Software Testing6 min read
Dec 8, 2016Mongo drivers.. choose your dialect wisely!So… many moons ago in a galaxy far far away (actually London) was mongodb2016 which turned out to be a very informative day for me. Once I had filled myself with copious amounts of bacon sandwiches (I must thank apenazzi for pointing me in the right direction) I sat at…Mongodb3 min read