Peter Barron

Distributed Systems, The Outdoors. Executive Principal Engineer at Zalando.

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

20 ideas I can’t stop thinking about:

[Boopathi Rajaa @heisenbugger]

My post on "how @ZalandoTech leverages #GraphQL persisted queries and directives for schema evolution" is now published.

https://t.co/IWX8HRqifP

[Shreyas Doshi @shreyas]

Advanced time management principles:

(for senior product managers & leaders)

[Zalando Technology @ZalandoTech]

Learn how we leverage Principal Engineers at #Zalando to raise the bar on engineering and help us with our tech challenges https://t.co/i1ziSvgVIx #StaffPlus #PrincipalEngineers #StaffEngineers #staffeng

[Jaroslaw Wawszczak @j_w7k]

I am #hiring Senior Technical Program Managers to lead most technically complex projects at @ZalandoTech. If you are experienced TPM, senior software engineer or solution architect - apply! #zalando #Berlin #TPM #fashionTech #retweet
https://t.co/CP61Lp8zm4

[Bill de hÓra @dehora]

If there's a single concept I wish was better internalised and better lived during growth, it's finding ways to replace yourself: https://t.co/tjReYDQLgN

[Peter Barron @badcafe]

@imduffy15 @AnPostvox Congratulations to the both of you! 💍

[Zalando Technology @ZalandoTech]

We are excited to announce our new "In your sizes” and “In your brands” filters on the Zalando platforms. The first big releases that allow customers to personalize our assortment.

Stacia Carr, VP Size and Fit, explains the goals of the features here 👉 https://t.co/Yi6MhR5Dhh

[koush @koush]

Difficult to quantify what an ecological disaster Bitcoin is, but this comes close.

[Daniel T @truemped]

My humble effort to describe psychological safety, why it matters, and how fragile it is: https://t.co/70JKzqMiBF

[Charles Duan @charles_duan]

Wow--SCOTUS doesn't just rule in favor of Google in @googlevoracle, but says that API reimplementation is fair use *as a matter of law*, meaning that the decision applies to all APIs

[Peter Barron @badcafe]

@dehora Bin packing queues...

[Dan Rose @DanRose999]

I was at Amzn in 2000 when the internet bubble popped. Capital markets dried up & we were burning $1B/yr. Our biggest expense was datacenter -> expensive Sun servers. We spent a year ripping out Sun & replacing with HP/Linux, which formed the foundation for AWS. The backstory:

[Daniel T @truemped]

This is the first Cyber Week since 2016 that I'm not working in @ZalandoTech.
I've worked in the Search department first as Senior Engineer, then as
Engineering Manager. A 🧵 looking back.

[Greta Thunberg @GretaThunberg]

So ridiculous. Donald must work on his Anger Management problem, then go to a good old fashioned movie with a friend! Chill Donald, Chill!

[Zalando Technology @ZalandoTech]

During Cyber Week e-commerce platforms observe the highest traffic volumes in the year. Learn how we prepare our platform for this event at #Zalando.
#CyberWeek #SRE #LoadTesting
https://t.co/FfelRfeIVh

[Bill de hÓra @dehora]

Our critical systems, fault analysis and game days often come down to what we think we know about call flow, the call depth itself, and what's at the call leaves, such as data storage, but less often what actually can take us out.

[Peter Barron @badcafe]

@harrykantas Congratulations Harry! 🎉🎉🎉

[Bartosz @bocytko]

Technology decisions, especially for programming languages, are hard and heavily debated in companies. Learn how we have refined the approach for technology selection in @ZalandoTech and #TechRadar to allow for healthier, principle-based discussions.

[Des Traynor @destraynor]

I absolutely *love* these Amazon Writing Style Tips (found via Google & https://t.co/rB1VKdTkpd)

Have any other companies offered a glimpse into their in-house style?