DevOps (Mistakes and Microservices)

Update (10 Feb 2019):
In light of the coronavirus situation and government advisory to defer non-essential events, we have decided to postpone our Nulab Drinking Code SG meetup. Sorry for the inconvenience caused.

Once we have confirmation of a new date, we will announce accordingly. Thank you for your support!

Hi Code Drinkers,

We are featuring DevOps in February with some wonderful talks, come join us!

Every #DrinkingCodeSG, we gather to listen to informative & inspiring speakers, have a few drinks and chat with fellow tech industry developers & professionals.

------ Talks ------

** Mistakes Most Developers Make With Devops (And How To Avoid Them) ** by Ace and Jiwei from TeamSpirit Singapore

DevOps is increasingly recognised as an essential component of Digital Transformation. In this talk, Ace and Jiwei will give a show and tell of the top 3 common mistakes in DevOps that most developers are prone to making, and how to avoid these mistakes. Avoiding these 3 mistakes will dramatically increase the organization's chances of getting their DevOps initiatives off the ground.

** From Monolith to Services - lessons learned and the pits we've fallen into ** by Brian de Heus, CTO at Adgorithmics

Brian will talk about the challenges he and his team faced when they decided to break apart their monolith into separate services using Docker, Kubernetes and NATS.

-------Agenda for Nulab Drinking Code August 30th ----------

6.45 - 7.10pm: Doors open, pizza🍕 and drinks 🍺
7.10pm - 8.10pm: Talks
8.10pm - 9.00pm: Networking, free stickers, drinks🍺

------ Speaker Profiles ---------

Jiwei, Senior Software Engineer at TeamSpirit Singapore (https://corp.teamspirit.com/en-jp/)
Jiwei graduated from the National University of Singapore with a Masters in Electrical Engineering. He currently works as Senior Software Engineer at TeamSpirit Singapore, with an expertise in backend development for Salesforce applications. With more than 5 years experience across embedded system and web/ mobile application developments that spans across diverse industries including Enterprise Resource Management (ERP), E-commerce and Blockchain, Jiwei is competent in various languages including java, python, javascript, golang and PhP. With an in-depth knowledge in software design, integration, testing and deployment, Jiwei is always curious and excited to solve difficult engineering problems (not only software).

Ace, Assistant Manager of Engineering at TeamSpirit Singapore
Ace graduated from Nanyang Technology University with First Class Honours in Bachelor of Computer Engineering and currently working as an Assistant Manager of Engineering and Development Lead at TeamSpirit Singapore. As an Assistant Manager of Engineering, Ace is mostly responsible for planning and shaping growth initiatives for the development team. He is passionate about helping businesses digitally transform with the right strategy, support and technology to unlock new ways of working, new business models and new revenue streams. Ace has more than 5 years of experience in SaaS and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solutions in the area of e-commerce, supply chain management, and Expense Reporting Management for enterprises.

Brian de Heus, CTO at Adgorithmics (https://adgo.io/)
Brian has worked in the SEA region for the past 9 years, the larger portion of which is in Japan.
Working for and advising early-stage startups on overcoming technology and people challenges.

------- About Nulab Drinking Code Singapore

Nulab Drinking Code Singapore features invited speakers on different tech topics each time, we always include drinks with our meetup, hence the term Drinking Code. Nulab provides online team collaboration tools that are used by companies in software, digital marketing, business, and all industries. Learn more at https://nulab.com/