TechLab by Bol

TechLab by Bol


Latest Episodes

Tech Culture Month and the Tech Culture Manifesto
August 26, 2022

June 2022 - We celebrated Tech Culture Month at bol.com. Together with the initiators and organizers, we discuss the ins- and outs of this series of events. During this month, the Tech Culture Manifesto was introduced. We explore what this manifesto is a

Demo-time; Google Glass capabilities in a pop-up Warehouse
July 06, 2022

Testing the boundaries of the technology that we have today and having the opportunity to put a Google Glass on and experience operating in a pop-up Warehouse. Those were the results of a joint experiment by Google and bol.com.

Golang as simple as
June 13, 2022

With software engineers of both Xebia and bol.com, we discuss the introduction of a language like Go in an organisation. We check its readability and simplicity and find ways to onboard engineers in the Go experience.

Product Led - Easier when done together
May 13, 2022

Tech Lead and Architect paving the path together for the journey to our Product-Led organization.

To indie game developer and back
April 04, 2022

A few months ago we noticed a message that stood out on our internal platform. Basically, it stated: "I'm back". Naturally, it happens every now and then that employees explore their horizons but still return to bol.

Front-end Framework Journey
March 16, 2022

Everybody can go to bol. com and check the Front-End of our webshop. But what if you are a seller, supplier, partner or internal employee? What is your view when interacting with our IT systems? In general, you will use one of our Portals.

Inclusion of Introverts
February 25, 2022

Welcome to episode number 100!A special show with a very interesting topic: Inclusion of Introverts and Introversion. We asked our CEO Margaret Versteden for a quote for this number 100. She surprised us with the fact that this topic is so important f

Transforming your experimentation knowledge into a book
February 09, 2022

We are not only the hosts of the show but so far we also do the selection of the topics ourselves. Research whats interesting. Find diverse subjects and guests, etc.

2021 Wrapped
December 29, 2021

This episode is 2021 Techlab Wrapped. Inspired by one of the platforms that host our podcast Spotify. It is the end of Season 3 and the end of 2021.

Load testing with Locust
November 25, 2021

During the recording of this episode, we are in the week of Black Friday. An exciting week for people hunting for bargains. And also for a lot of our colleagues.