TechLab by Bol

TechLab by Bol


Latest Episodes

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.

How could this happen
November 19, 2021

If you are a regular listener to the podcast or an e-commerce watcher, you know “the season” is very important for us. It is a yearly recurring theme in the podcast. You are probably also aware that uptime and responsiveness of our app and website are c

AI for Retail Lab on recommendations
November 03, 2021

In this episode, we virtually visit the AI for Retail Lab and dive with two members into the world of recommendations. The AI for Retail (AIR) Lab Amsterdam is a joint UvA-Ahold Delhaize industry lab and conducts research into...

Warehouse Mechanization
October 28, 2021

Warehouse mechanization is a part of our IT landscape where our IT meets the physical world. It is one of those places where we encounter that while we could scale our IT almost indefinitely in the cloud, the physical...

The Programmer’s Brain – podcast
October 07, 2021

Some aspects of software engineering are easily overlooked. In the book The Programmer’s Brain some of these like reading code, thinking about code and collaborating on code are at the centre. In this

Understanding customers using their search queries – Podcast
September 30, 2021

Imagine you want to buy something. You go to bol.com and you start typing the article in the search bar. Automatically you will be served suggestions and as a result, you want a limited number of arti

How the Retailer API became the heart and soul of an ecosystem – podcast
August 31, 2021

In early April the latest version of our Retailer API was launched. Given the importance of the API for almost 15.000 partners this was again a major step. Over the years the retailer API became the h

Engineering Productivity and Backstage – Podcast
August 23, 2021

Engineering Productivity With the growth of our engineering community, the need for more focus on engineering productivity is clear. We invited two experts to discuss this topic with us. We actually g