Hello, colleagues, friends, readers and all of you excellent people out there!
\nIt's been a while, right? Let's pick up where we left off...
\nOur second Tech Talk took place in February at Maze, an event space fashioned after the Berliner spirit. Antonella and Alexander attracted almost 100 people with their promise of delivering amazing content, while having two different tracks allowed for the exposure of the participants to other vital parts of a tech start-up/unicorn.
\nThis event, the second in a series of events meant to promote local growth and accelerated learning, is now available for everyone to enjoy, on Youtube, along with the slides from the presentations.
\nAntonella Zagaria - Localisation in an ever-growing startup\n\n
\nAlexander Gyulai - SHIFT your testing gear\n\n
\nAs always, sign up on our community page on Meetup.com to stay up to date and be amongst the first to find out when our next event is going to be. And it might be sooner than you think ;)
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\nOn May 25th 2023, our Director of Software Quality Assurance, Alexander Gyulai, gave a session on the topic of MODULAR AUTOMATION at TEST AUTOMATION DAYS 2023, where networking with software testing professionals and learning from the world’s leading test automation experts.
\nHe focused on topics of scaling, architecture and collaboration in automation testing. And the details covered in
\nHow and why to move common components into modules and how to re-use it across the company.
\nHow did we scale testing of our platform with 700+ services and hundreds of releases per month.
\nSetup release and distribution process of the automation modules
\nIntegrate platform modules into automation components
\nBesides technical advantages, he also shared how this approach improved collaboration and communication between developers and quality assurance engineers.
\nFabian Schomm-von Auenmüller, Head of Data Platform, was interviewed in July by the Data For Good Podcast, which is hosted by Zuma, a recruitment agency focusing on data technology professionals in Berlin.
\nIn this interview, Fabian focused on the monitoring and assurance of data quality within data pipelines. He explained that data observability encompasses processes from logging to monitoring, alerting, and ensuring data quality throughout its lifecycle. Fabian emphasized that catching data issues early is crucial for maintaining trust and preventing downstream problems. He recommended initiating data observability practices as early as possible and discussed tools like Elementary that integrate well with DBT (Data Build Tool). He highlighted the benefits of having explicit tests to validate assumptions and being prepared for failures. Fabian anticipates that future trends in data observability might involve leveraging AI and machine learning for pattern recognition and anomaly detection, ultimately enhancing the quality and reliability of data pipelines.
\n\nWe are proud of Alexander and Fabian and their works that provided an insight to the everyday projects and challenges the Technology team at the AUTO1 Group manages. We hope you find these as interesting as we do. We all grow along with the company, as does our data and infrastructure. Let’s work SMARTER instead of harder!
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\nAs always, sign up on our community page on Meetup.com to stay up to date and be amongst the first to find out when our next event is going to be.
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\nMany thanks to our video crew who did a great job at capturing the atmosphere and collecting impressions, just take a look:
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\nThe overall theme of the autumn hackathon was SHEEP IT, a pun which should need no explanation. A total of 15 teams competed, with around 40 participants in our Berlin HQ. In addition, there were also colleagues from Kiev, Milan and Katowice that joined remotely.
\nThe winning team, codename “Bike Thieves”, won by developing an anti-theft Slack bot, which ensures that no bicycles can be stolen in the parking space of our Bergmannstraße HQ. When using this Slack bot, you can protect yourself against bicycle theft as you will be informed by the bot and can quickly check and see what’s going on if your bicycle is moved.
\nAs most great ideas, one of our colleagues came up with this during a rather emotionally charged moment for a Berliner - his own bike was stolen during work hours.
\nThere is still a lot that needs to be done before this bot can be used in everyday life. Even under the time constraints of the hackathon, team members Sergey, Rafael and Dmitri made substantial progress on their Smartlock. The team was able to convince the other participants of their idea and their problem-solving strategy, which won them the first place. Some bike owners are already looking forward to using the bot.
\nSlack bots were a very popular topic at our autumn hackathon, with two other teams doing a language bot and a book exchange bot, while other projects included various internal quality-of-life upgrades to existing workflows, a browser based car game that was rigged to be unbeatable and a somewhat crazy face&object recognition software that was able to tell us, via Slack of course, how many free spots were in a kitchen and how many fruits were there.
\nIn addition to fame and glory, the winners received smart home starter kits, and all participants received a beautifully crafted sheep as a reminder of the hackathon.
\nWhat’s next?
\nThe next AUTO1 Group Hackathon will take place in spring 2020 and we look forward to even more exciting projects! Watch this space for updates, wink wink.
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\nAs always, sign up on our community page on Meetup.com to stay up to date and be amongst the first to find out when our next event is going to be.
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\nMany thanks to our video crew who did a great job at capturing the atmosphere and collecting impressions, just take a look:
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\nThe overall theme of the autumn hackathon was SHEEP IT, a pun which should need no explanation. A total of 15 teams competed, with around 40 participants in our Berlin HQ. In addition, there were also colleagues from Kiev, Milan and Katowice that joined remotely.
\nThe winning team, codename “Bike Thieves”, won by developing an anti-theft Slack bot, which ensures that no bicycles can be stolen in the parking space of our Bergmannstraße HQ. When using this Slack bot, you can protect yourself against bicycle theft as you will be informed by the bot and can quickly check and see what’s going on if your bicycle is moved.
\nAs most great ideas, one of our colleagues came up with this during a rather emotionally charged moment for a Berliner - his own bike was stolen during work hours.
\nThere is still a lot that needs to be done before this bot can be used in everyday life. Even under the time constraints of the hackathon, team members Sergey, Rafael and Dmitri made substantial progress on their Smartlock. The team was able to convince the other participants of their idea and their problem-solving strategy, which won them the first place. Some bike owners are already looking forward to using the bot.
\nSlack bots were a very popular topic at our autumn hackathon, with two other teams doing a language bot and a book exchange bot, while other projects included various internal quality-of-life upgrades to existing workflows, a browser based car game that was rigged to be unbeatable and a somewhat crazy face&object recognition software that was able to tell us, via Slack of course, how many free spots were in a kitchen and how many fruits were there.
\nIn addition to fame and glory, the winners received smart home starter kits, and all participants received a beautifully crafted sheep as a reminder of the hackathon.
\nWhat’s next?
\nThe next AUTO1 Group Hackathon will take place in spring 2020 and we look forward to even more exciting projects! Watch this space for updates, wink wink.
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\nHow did we establish automotive expertise, create data-driven decision-making processes, and hire a diverse, multicultural team of car and technology enthusiasts? What kind of challenges did we face when scaling such a business both vertically and horizontally?
\nQuestions such as the above will be answered by Niv Liran, Chief Product Officer, who is also going to share with everyone his most important learnings from his time at AUTO1 Group.
\nAfter Niv’s talk, we will hold a quick Q&A session moderated by Paul Hofmann, Director of Engineering at AUTO1 Group. To end the evening, we're inviting engineers, product owners, and tech enthusiasts to share their knowledge and curiosities with each other over drinks.
\nThe event will take place at Maze, a venue near Mehringdamm, Berlin, on Tuesday, November 26th.
\nAGENDA
\n[18:30 - 19:00] Open Doors & Drinks
\n[19:00 - 19:10] Welcome by Paul Hofmann
\n[19:10 - 19:40] Input: Niv Liran
\n[19:40 - 20:00] Moderated Q&A by Paul Hofmann
\n[20:00 - 21:30] Networking & Drinks
\nTo sign up for our first Tech Talk and to get to know us better, please register on our Eventbrite page.
\nConnect with us:
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