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Jumbo is an omnichannel food retailer. We’re a fast-growing company that is rapidly transforming into a technology-focused company. Would you like to ask or share something? Reach out to one of the writers.

Inheriting a language

Inheriting a language

When your platform is no longer suited to internationalise.
Go to the profile of Tim Meeuwissen
Tim Meeuwissen
Nov 12, 2020
Creating a user event pipeline for analytics

Creating a user event pipeline for analytics

We are all about serving our customers to the best of our ability. But you can only serve your customer well, if you know what they like…
Go to the profile of Tim Meeuwissen
Tim Meeuwissen
Oct 5, 2020
Looking back on Jumbo’s Hackathon 2020

Looking back on Jumbo’s Hackathon 2020

Something big is about to happen this September .. Are you curious to find out what? Watch the video below.
Go to the profile of Britt van den broek
Britt van den broek
Sep 24, 2020
Help, my Product Owner wants a broken car

Help, my Product Owner wants a broken car

Tips on optimising the balance of providing value quickly, while guarding long term quality.
Go to the profile of Tim Meeuwissen
Tim Meeuwissen
Sep 21, 2020
Design rituals for a stronger design community

Design rituals for a stronger design community

It’s Thursday morning that means it’s time for our Design Guild! Today’s agenda: Britt will tell us about the way of working from her…
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Jelmar van Voorst
Aug 6, 2020
Why to ask questions

Why to ask questions

Especially when you think you know the answer
Go to the profile of Tim Meeuwissen
Tim Meeuwissen
Jul 21, 2020
When a big company slows you down

When a big company slows you down

Changing your perspective can be the key
Go to the profile of Tim Meeuwissen
Tim Meeuwissen
Jul 6, 2020
Why Lego Technic™ is the microservices architecture of toys

Why Lego Technic™ is the microservices architecture of toys

Within the Jumbo Tech Campus we often talk about the development of IT architecture, What do we develop ourselves, where do we…
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Anneke Keller
Jun 28, 2020
Thinking big, acting small

Thinking big, acting small

Prototyping, experimentation and lean validation are popular terms nowadays. How we do this? A little guidance based on real-life examples.
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Thijs Kuin
Apr 29, 2020
Domain Driven | Design | Thinking

Domain Driven | Design | Thinking

Where enterprise architecture and agile development meet
Go to the profile of Tim Meeuwissen
Tim Meeuwissen
Apr 8, 2020
I thought design thinking was nonsense, now I love it

I thought design thinking was nonsense, now I love it

My experience with embedding Design Thinking in the Jumbo Tech Camp and some practical tips to help you get started.
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Jelmar van Voorst
Mar 26, 2020
Ambidexterity — why delivery should never stop discovery

Ambidexterity — why delivery should never stop discovery

Ambidexterity refers to the ability to use both the right hand and the left hand equally well. Why is this important in our work?
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Thijs Kuin
Mar 24, 2020
How we deal with innovation — and with other buzz words

How we deal with innovation — and with other buzz words

Innovation seems to be everything these days. How we deal with it? The principles of Business Design help us to safeguard our relevance.
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Thijs Kuin
Feb 27, 2020
Do the right things

Do the right things

How Discovery Sprints help us to discover value
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Jelmar van Voorst
Dec 16, 2019
Reasoning about vision, solutions and culture

Reasoning about vision, solutions and culture

And how to align them in a relatively big and young organisation.
Go to the profile of Tim Meeuwissen
Tim Meeuwissen
Dec 10, 2019
My software engineering team lead role - a deconstruction

My software engineering team lead role - a deconstruction

There are many facets to the role, I enumerated as many as I could in this article
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Gustavo Martins
Nov 19, 2019
Why we need a frontend rendering platform

Why we need a frontend rendering platform

(and how we are getting there)
Go to the profile of Tim Meeuwissen
Tim Meeuwissen
Oct 21, 2019
All about Cache

All about Cache

Sadly this article doesn’t have anything to do with Johnny. Instead it informs you on the various things to consider when you apply…
Go to the profile of Tim Meeuwissen
Tim Meeuwissen
Jun 3, 2019
Choking the unicorn (safely separate the frontend from the monolith)

Choking the unicorn (safely separate the frontend from the monolith)

How to transition your frontend rendering to a modern technology, without bringing feature development to a grinding halt.
Go to the profile of Tim Meeuwissen
Tim Meeuwissen
May 21, 2019
Criticality Mode and Circuit Breakers

Criticality Mode and Circuit Breakers

Ideally our frontend solution is a unicorn that eats rainbows and poops butterflies. But in reality you’ll have to design for failure.
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Tim Meeuwissen
Apr 24, 2019
Reducing Design Debt with a Design System

Reducing Design Debt with a Design System

Since the start of the Jumbo Tech Campus, we’re starting to increase the number of touchpoints that our customers can interact with. In…
Go to the profile of Jelmar van Voorst
Jelmar van Voorst
Apr 19, 2019
Scale fast effect (Conway’s law)

Scale fast effect (Conway’s law)

A chronological explanation of some of the struggles you’ll have when you increase your internal software development rapidly.
Go to the profile of Tim Meeuwissen
Tim Meeuwissen
Apr 16, 2019
When ACID went Sour

When ACID went Sour

When monoliths start to buckle under their own weight, new challenges arise. A talk on DDD, SOA, Consistency, Event Sourcing and CQRS
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Tim Meeuwissen
Jan 29, 2019
XML without the cruft

XML without the cruft

Simple tools for beating XML into shape
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Wilfred Springer
Jan 15, 2019
The obvious BFF, an old friend

The obvious BFF, an old friend

Whenever you choose a new Backend For Frontend, prevent acting like sheep and carefully reconsider your options.
Go to the profile of Tim Meeuwissen
Tim Meeuwissen
Jan 11, 2019
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