Philip LeonardinPicnic EngineeringM1 Pro MacBooks: Building a Tech FoundationOn June 22, 2020, CEO Tim Cook announced Apple’s two-year transition plan to their own silicon in his WWDC keynote speech. This marked the…Dec 14, 20213Dec 14, 20213
Philip LeonardinPicnic EngineeringPicnic Tech RadarsOpinionated tech radars have been on the rise as of late. The Lindy effect postulates that the future life expectancy of non-perishable…Apr 21, 20211Apr 21, 20211
Philip LeonardThe Prominent Tech Team Leadership Styles of Middle Earth.So as a hobby project of mine, I’m 25k lines into writing a novel. It is based on a future dystopian society on Venus. Who would have…Oct 25, 2020Oct 25, 2020
Philip LeonardinPicnic EngineeringMicrometer and the Modern Observability StackIn the Picnic backend landscape, our monitoring stack looks like this. New Relic is our APM provider for tracing and performance…May 6, 2020May 6, 2020
Philip LeonardinPicnic EngineeringMonitoring and Observability at PicnicWhat does a typical 24 hours look like at Picnic? Customer demand is predicted, tens of thousands of trading units are ordered from…Apr 29, 2020Apr 29, 2020
Philip LeonardinPicnic EngineeringCryptocurrency Incentivised Code Reviewing, Open Sourced.Some time ago Picnic published a blog post about our cryptocurrency powered code review leaderboard. The general goal is simple: achieve…Jan 14, 20201Jan 14, 20201
Philip LeonardinPicnic EngineeringRxJava: 5 Steps to Reactive EnlightenmentRxJava is often advertised as the answer to backend scalability issues. But is it worth the hype? Find out in 5 steps to enlightenment.Jan 10, 20191Jan 10, 20191
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Philip LeonardinPicnic EngineeringReactive Programming at Picnic: Our findings thus farHere at Picnic we are concerned with creating the smoothest and most satisfying online grocery shopping experience for our customers. From…Mar 8, 2018Mar 8, 2018