Sarah McLarnin·Jul 8, 2022A day in the life of… Sarah McLarnin (Associate Platform Engineer)My alarm clock goes off… My first alarm goes off at 06:30 and after hitting snooze what feels like 100 times, I will normally roll out of bed shortly after 07:00! My commute to work… Despite not being the best morning person (nothing a coffee can’t fix), I like to get into the office bright and early — usually…Northern Ireland4 min readNorthern Ireland4 min read
AsosTechBlog·Jun 7, 2022From Academy to ASOSer: the journeyThree months of being an ASOSer… 😀 We caught up with Sarah, Andrew and Emma from our Northern Ireland Belfast office, to hear more about their recent experience of the ASOS Data Academy, in partnership with the Department for the Economy NI and Invest Northern Ireland. Let’s meet them…👇🏽 Emma…Software Engineering6 min readSoftware Engineering6 min read
Stephanie Lee·Jan 24, 2022Getting started with Durable FunctionsAzure Durable Functions are an extension of Azure Functions, and therefore, has additional benefits over a standard function, such as state management, retry activities and being able to easily cancel workflows that are still in progress. …Software Engineering5 min readSoftware Engineering5 min read
Lewis Holmes·Dec 14, 2021Running your local dev environment inside a container — VS Code Remote, GitHub CodespacesOver the past decade Containers have become a major trend in Software Engineering. …Remote Development10 min readRemote Development10 min read
Alastair Wilkins·Dec 2, 2021A day in the life of… Alastair W and Hemang P (Orders Engineers)As part of our “Day In The Life Of…” series, this time we’ve invited Alastair and Hemang “Sunny” — two recent additions to our Order Management platform — to talk about their onboarding experience, what they’ve learned so far, and what they’re looking forward to over the coming years. They’ll…Dot Net Core6 min readDot Net Core6 min read
Stephanie Lee·Oct 8, 2021Azure Functions in .NET 5Originally, when .NET 5 was first released in November 2020, there was no general support for Azure Functions. In this piece, I aim to discuss why .NET 5 wasn’t supported for Azure Functions initially and how Microsoft has dealt with these issues. Additionally, I will also be covering whether or…Azure Functions4 min readAzure Functions4 min read
Ed Holloway-George·Sep 17, 2021A day in the life of… Ed George (Senior Android Developer)This ‘day in the life of’ series gives you an insight into what a typical day looks like for our people in Tech at ASOS (hint: there isn’t one) and how they started their careers. Hopefully, you take something inspirational away from it. This one’s about Ed George, a Senior…Technology5 min readTechnology5 min read
Lewis Holmes·Aug 25, 2021A day in the life of … Lewis Holmes (Principal Software Engineer)This ‘day in the life of’ series gives you an insight into what a typical day looks like for our ASOSers in Tech (hint: there isn’t one) and how they started their careers. Hopefully, you take something inspirational away from it. This one’s about Lewis H who’s a Principal Software…Technical Leadership7 min readTechnical Leadership7 min read
Dylan Morley·Jul 2, 2021Knowing the tools, being an IDE expert and why it mattersIf you want to be a faster and more accurate coder, then learning the shortcuts is one of the most important things you can do. As an engineer, you’ll be working with a variety of code editors that are built to help you read, write, navigate and understand code. You…Engineering7 min readEngineering7 min read