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Designing errors with go 1.13
Designing errors with go 1.13
go 1.13 greatly improves the error handling. This article demonstrates how to use the new features for expressive errors for an API client.
Creating an Erlang/Elixir cluster on Kubernetes
Creating an Erlang/Elixir cluster on Kubernetes
One of the challenges we have faced is deploying Elixir applications that use an Erlang cluster on our infrastructure.
Our talks from ContainerDays 2019
Our talks from ContainerDays 2019
ContainerDays claims to be the biggest and best container conference in Europe. This year we joined to share our experience with Docker…
360° feedback with mediators
360° feedback with mediators
An experience report and a guideline of a team owned feedback giving format based on a survey and a mediator concept
How to set an agile team in two days
How to set an agile team in two days
Blogging has become a good healthy way for me to organise my learnings. That’s why I’ve decided to write about this topic, to help myself…
3 workshops to facilitate feedback
3 workshops to facilitate feedback
An experience report and a guideline on how to run 3 lightweight and powerful workshops to encourage feedback giving on a team
XING Kubernetes components published as Open Source
XING Kubernetes components published as Open Source
We recently published some of the custom components we developed for Kubernetes as part of our Olympus project.
Using Ruby on Rails 5.2 Active Storage
Using Ruby on Rails 5.2 Active Storage
Active Storage, now bundled with Ruby on Rails 5.2, released back on early of April, allows you to easily handle your file upload, either…
Using Docker for running Android Tests on your CI
Using Docker for running Android Tests on your CI
At XING we are around 30 Android developers that are contributing to the same app.
A Quality Mindset - Part 2: Cornerstones with (un)expected Similarities
A Quality Mindset - Part 2: Cornerstones with (un)expected Similarities
Returning to the wild and the synonymous core of quality, agility and leadership.
Office breakfast and team building
Office breakfast and team building
One of the challenges managing a project is how to transform a group of people into a team, how to get from a collection of individuals…
Dealing with RxJava's never-ending Observables
Dealing with RxJava's never-ending Observables
Never-ending Observables are those that observe some data indefinitely until you unsubscribe from them. They're quite useful in many…
What’s an anti-pattern and how do I fix it?
What’s an anti-pattern and how do I fix it?
As agile coaches and scrum masters, a big part of our job is making sure the best outcomes come from the various ceremonies (aka meetings)…
Dealing with technical debt
Dealing with technical debt
You’re often faced with technical debt when working on a software project.
A Quality Mindset - Part 1: Searching an inherently nebulous phantom
A Quality Mindset - Part 1: Searching an inherently nebulous phantom
Developing high quality software is getting more and more complex. But what exactly is quality?
