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Kubernetes

presentations Sean Sullivan JUL 26, 2019

HBC’s production applications run in Docker containers on a public cloud. Over the past 18 months, Kubernetes has emerged as a core building block for distributed systems. All major cloud platforms (AWS, Google, Microsoft) now offer Kubernetes-as-a-service. Our engineering team is excited about the potential of Kubernetes for our production environment.

Migrations

presentations Sean Sullivan JUN 6, 2019

At HBC, we are always looking for ways to improve the digital experience for our customers. We strive to improve the customer experience as well as reduce operational cost. Like many large organizations, we have a significant investment in our digital platform. Over the past five years, we have completed multiple system migrations. This has reduced complexity and allowed our organization to focus on future opportunities.

Deployments

presentations Sean Sullivan MAY 29, 2019

At HBC, we use modern engineering practices to manage our e-commerce platform. Our engineers have adopted multiple techniques to ensure that production code deployments go smoothly.

How to Deal With Time Zones in Database and Distributed Systems

back end Daniel Kirby APR 19, 2019

Time zones can be one of the hardest and most confusing sources of technical issues in modern software systems. In this article we’re going to go through some common rules of thumb for dealing with datetimes when architecting those systems.