Microservices — Don’t Create Shared Libraries

As we have made the progression from a monolith toward a microservices based architecture the topic of shared libraries in microservices has continued to be a point of contention.

CI / CD — A Guide to Maturity

Continuous Integration is a development practice that requires developers to integrate code into a shared repository several times a day. Each check-in is then verified by an automated build, allowing teams to detect problems early [Thoughtworks 01]

Modernising Our Channel Services Layer — Our Journey

A better case for TDD

Standard Bank elected to drive the adoption of Test Driven Development (TDD) in the multi-channel portfolio. Despite a concerted effort to embed TDD into the engineering practices adoption has ,unfortunately, been low. It became evident that one of the main reasons holding developers back…

TDD — The Actual Cycle

Common questions I hear from developers when they are first starting out with TDD are: