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26 April 2019
Life as a Cyber Security Apprentice

I’ve recently joined the InfoSec team at Simply Business as a Security analyst apprentice to work towards my level 4 Cyber security technologist apprenticeship. In this blog you’ll see the difficulties I’ve faced as well as the way apprenticeships work. If you’re interested, feel free to have a look!
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16 April 2019
Our new architecture principles are changing how we architect systems

We are changing how we architect for scale, versioning, our domain, and machine learning all because of how technology has recently changed.
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12 April 2019
Working effectively while being based overseas

At Simply Business, we embrace the remote working culture.
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11 April 2019
How I successfully made the switch to a software engineering role

My journey of transitioning from a software tester to a software engineer. I will talk about the key learnings that have helped me succeed in making the switch.
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1 April 2019
A how-to guide for a clean, organized, beautiful git commit history

I’ve been taught several times about best practices for committing code changes grouped into logical chunks, and I start every new feature branch with the intention of writing organized commits based on these principles. In practice, however, my commit history always looks like more of a hot mess than I had originally intended.
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28 March 2019
Investigating the effect of VPC on AWS Lambda cold-start

Let’s examine some hard data on the impact a VPC has on cold-start in a serverless architecture with AWS Lambda.
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25 March 2019
Investigating the impact of cold-start on AWS Lambda

How much does cold-start really impact a serverless architecture with AWS Lambda? Let’s answer with some figures.
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19 March 2019
My remote working experience at Simply Business

Being a remote worker might be something you thought about trying for a while, but in the end you only focus on the downsides and you convince yourself that it’s not going to work. Let me convince you that it is something worth trying - and is an amazing experience.
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22 February 2019
Here are the best practices for pair programming

Pair programming is a software development technique where two engineers work together either remotely (through screen-sharing) or in person (at the same work station).
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19 February 2019
Acing your CISSP exam, a guide

I recently passed my CISSP exam, after plucking up the courage following a long revision period. I decided not to attend any of the week-long courses as I learn better at my own pace and I would rather cover it part time alongside my work.
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Simply Business Tech Blog: page 2 of 8

Life as a Cyber Security Apprentice

Our new architecture principles are changing how we architect systems

Working effectively while being based overseas

How I successfully made the switch to a software engineering role

A how-to guide for a clean, organized, beautiful git commit history

Investigating the effect of VPC on AWS Lambda cold-start

Investigating the impact of cold-start on AWS Lambda

My remote working experience at Simply Business

Here are the best practices for pair programming

Acing your CISSP exam, a guide

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