Backend
This category focuses on backend, infrastructure, reliability, and programming languages.
Enhancing Distributed System Load Shedding with TCP Congestion Control Algorithm
Load shedding is a common problem in event driven systems. But even more problematic when that load needs to be... Read more...
Andrew Meleka
Software Engineer
Stefan Litsche
Principal Software Engineer
Apr 23
2024
12 Golden Signals To Discover Anomalies And Performance Issues on Your AWS RDS Fleet
Automate anomaly detection for AWS RDS at scale. Read more...
Dmitry Kolesnikov
Senior Principal Engineer
Feb 20
2024
Paper Announcement: Joint Order Selection, Allocation, Batching and Picking for Large Scale Warehouses
Sharing our latest research paper on warehouse order batching. Read more...
Julius Pätzold
Applied Scientist
Jan 29
2024
Tale of 'metadpata': the revenge of the supertools
One day in November 2022, we brought down our shop with a single character. This post recaps on the lessons we... Read more...
Bartosz Ocytko
Executive Principal Engineer
Diego Roccia
Engineering Manager
Jan 23
2024
Using modules for Testcontainers with Golang
In this post, we explain how to use modules for Testcontainers with Golang and how to fix common issues. Read more...
Fabien Pozzobon
Principal Software Engineer
Dec 19
2023
Migrating From Elasticsearch 7.17 to Elasticsearch 8.x: Pitfalls and Learnings
With Elasticsearch, moving from one major version to another is a big jump. Usually, it is updated in gradual... Read more...
Maryna Cherniavska
Senior Software Engineer
Nov 20
2023
Mastering Testing Efficiency in Spring Boot: Optimization Strategies and Best Practices
Unlock the secrets to supercharging your Spring Boot tests! Explore how we utilized specific techniques, resulting... Read more...
Hassan Elseoudy
Software Engineer
Nov 14
2023
Patching the PostgreSQL JDBC Driver
Contributing to the PostgreSQL JDBC Driver to address the issue of runaway WAL growth in Logical Replication Read more...
Declan Murphy
Software Engineer
Nov 09
2023
Understanding GraphQL Directives: Practical Use-Cases at Zalando
In this blog post, we dive into the practical applications of GraphQL directives at Zalando. With simple examples,... Read more...
Boopathi Rajaa Nedunchezhiyan
Principal Engineer
Oct 19
2023
Sunrise: Zalando's developer platform based on Backstage
Lessons learned from adopting Backstage as Developer Platform at Zalando. Read more...
Lacey Nagel
Senior Product Manager
Arthur Reis Puthin
Engineering Manager
Bartosz Ocytko
Executive Principal Engineer
Aug 03
2023