DynamoDB provides a completely managed key-value store with some querying capabilities, but AWS’s Java client from Scala can be cumbersome and error-prone. The Guardian’s open-source library, Scanamo, provides a simpler alternative that reduces the scope for runtime errors.
What are implicits? What are type classes? And why do they go so well together? Here are the answers I wish I’d had before diving into the Guardian’s codebase
We’re creating a product and user experience (UX) toolkit to help our product managers and UX designers build skill and confidence in their roles. Here’s what we’ve learned so far about creating a culture of learning within the Guardian Digital team.
How using a lightweight continuous deployment pipeline, which focuses on production validation instead of a large suite of acceptance tests, allows us to iterate on the Membership and Subscriptions apps at speed.
In 2016 a few things went wrong when building theGuardian.com. Lets take a look at some of the slip-ups and what we learnt from them so you can avoid our mistakes
In September, we released our flash briefing and skill for the Amazon Echo. Since then, we’ve tried to figure out how people are using this device. Here are some of the things we’ve learned.
In traditional and slow moving software delivery teams, the brakes are well and truly applied by endless cycles of painfully slow manual regression test cycles. The logical thing to do when considering moving towards a rapid release cadence is to speed up your regression by automating. Sally Goble, head of quality at the Guardian, argues that this is not right or necessary
