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Configuration management and automation in Kubernetes
Configuration management and automation in Kubernetes
When developers need to move with speed and scale, configuration management and automation delivers.
Global Technology
Feb 6
Making accessibility a key digital ingredient
Making accessibility a key digital ingredient
Find out how McDonald’s has changed its approach to digital accessibility.
Global Technology
Jan 23
Enhancing Loyalty rewards: How McDonald’s leverages AWS Lambda for microservices
Enhancing Loyalty rewards: How McDonald’s leverages AWS Lambda for microservices
A serverless, event-driven compute service enables us to push out new features faster, at scale, and without infrastructure concerns.
Global Technology
Nov 7, 2023
In praise of hardware
In praise of hardware
The devices in McDonald’s restaurants enable new capabilities that drive our business.
Global Technology
Jun 6, 2023
The Point of POS
The Point of POS
McDonald’s point-of-sale system is so much more than just a cash register. It’s an ordering, payment, production and fulfillment platform…
Global Technology
Jul 12, 2022
OpenTest: McDonald’s debut into open-source software
OpenTest: McDonald’s debut into open-source software
Global Technology is reaping the benefits from and leaving its mark on the Open Test user community.
Global Technology
Jul 25, 2022
How Clean Architecture enables McDonald’s to optimize market-specific needs and user experience
How Clean Architecture enables McDonald’s to optimize market-specific needs and user experience
by Pietro Doldo, Senior Engineer — iOS, Alice Liddell, Senior Engineer — Android, and Namit Nayak, Senior Manager, Tech Lead — Ordering
Global Technology
May 16, 2023
Mobile multiplatform development at McDonald’s
Mobile multiplatform development at McDonald’s
The adoption of a responsive, native user interface for the Global Mobile App is enabling McDonald’s to build a codebase that can be shared…
Global Technology
May 2, 2023
Which do you choose — data quality or data quantity? At McDonald’s, we choose both
Which do you choose — data quality or data quantity? At McDonald’s, we choose both
Managing data quality is critical to enabling informed business decision making, but McDonald’s scale means massive amounts of data —…
Global Technology
Apr 17, 2023
Rolling in the deep
Rolling in the deep
To accommodate evolving stakeholder needs, a McDonald’s Global Technology team is moving away from traditional planning to an agile…
Global Technology
Mar 28, 2023
Automate your automation
Automate your automation
Don’t let manually configured tooling undermine your automation — instead configure your automation controller.
Global Technology
Feb 14, 2023
A shared responsibility
A shared responsibility
Robust education and engagements offerings are helping McDonald’s employees do their part in cultivating a cyber safe culture.
Global Technology
Oct 26, 2023
A single source of truth: Building a design system library
A single source of truth: Building a design system library
A living library is helping Global Technology engineers capture efficiencies and enabling a consistent user experience.
Global Technology
Jan 10, 2023
Searching for quality and speed? Observability can help
Searching for quality and speed? Observability can help
A new observability platform is helping Global Technology optimize its CI/CD process and enables the quick, easy delivery of quality code.
Global Technology
Jan 17, 2023
At the crossroads of digital CX, cost, and scale
At the crossroads of digital CX, cost, and scale
An unconventional use of an observability platform is helping Global Technology balance reliability with affordability.
Global Technology
Feb 7, 2023
Achieving global scale and local relevance with feature flags
Achieving global scale and local relevance with feature flags
To accommodate McDonald’s global scale, while managing local needs and requirements, we’ve established a feature-flag library to enable…
Global Technology
Jun 20, 2023
Improve system resiliency using Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
Improve system resiliency using Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
McDonald’s is using technology for its operations more than ever before, and it's critical that we are proactively building our large-scale…
Global Technology
Jun 27, 2023
You down with OTPs? The guardians of technology!
You down with OTPs? The guardians of technology!
Operations Technology Professionals (OTPs) keep hardware and software in McDonald’s restaurants running smoothly.
Global Technology
Jun 13, 2023
Growth spurt
Growth spurt
An overview of the development of Global Technology at McDonald’s and what the future may hold.
Global Technology
Apr 8, 2022
Observe and report
Observe and report
McDonald’s has been on a journey to revolutionize its network infrastructure through network observability and AIOps.
Global Technology
Sep 26, 2023
Behind the scenes: Bringing technical innovation to life at McDonald’s
Behind the scenes: Bringing technical innovation to life at McDonald’s
The idea behind McDonald’s OAL test concept is simple — but like many innovations, going from a concept to production required…
Global Technology
Mar 14, 2023
Behind the scenes: McDonald’s event-driven architecture
Behind the scenes: McDonald’s event-driven architecture
We explore our journey of developing a unified platform enabling real-time, event-driven architectures.
Global Technology
Aug 23, 2022
McDonald’s event-driven architecture: The data journey and how it works
McDonald’s event-driven architecture: The data journey and how it works
Part two of event-driven architecture post.
Global Technology
Aug 30, 2022
Enabling advanced sales decomposition at McDonald’s
Enabling advanced sales decomposition at McDonald’s
Global Technology rethinks its internal business reporting to optimize decision making.
Global Technology
Nov 8, 2022
McDonald’s to open Speedee Labs within company’s Global Headquarters
McDonald’s to open Speedee Labs within company’s Global Headquarters
Speedee Labs will focus on innovation, driving the Customer and Restaurant team experience forward.
Global Technology
Sep 14, 2022
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