Truly Serverless Container
AWS Fargate service fully manages the underlying EC2 instances for containers but to launch a truly serverless container in AWS, a bit of development needs to be done.
Training in Cambodia
Cambodia is the latest up and coming tech centre in South-East Asia. Driven by companies such as Slash with co-founder Andries de Vos who recognized the opportunity of building a low-cost, high-capability development team in the region.
Microservice types in Lambda
An overview of some of the different types of microservices I have used in my projects (on AWS Lambda). These are not official definitions, just how I refer to them in my architecture designs.
Executive Summary: Serverless Architecture
There are many articles about the technical details of serverless but I found there were very few that looked at how Serverless can impact security policies, business models and team structure. Certainly from the perspective of executives and account managers.
Informed Decisions with Market Research
Before embarking on any major project it is essential to do research to confirm and validate the project and its requirements. This research can help shape the plan to ensure maximum chance of success with the target audience.
Non-Functional Requirements (NFR) - What are they?
An essential part of scoping projects, this article seeks to explain what they are and why they are important.
Project Scoping Methodologies
In this article I cover the 3 most common project management approaches to scoping and how my approach uses the best parts of each while minimizing the negative aspects.
Requirements Gathering
How you can build better applications by focusing on users’ requirements instead of technology to drive decisions in your application planning.
Solution Architecture (SA)
Binary Thinktank no longer provides development services but focuses entirely on Solution Architecture. But what is SA? And how come there is enough of it for a company to only offer this?
Solution Architecture II
A more in-depth look at the contents of our Solution Architecture documents and insight into the areas we evaluate and research when writing them.
Strategy Session, how to kick off your project
The kick-off for all projects is a lengthy but structured discussion between all stakeholders and a consultant to get detailed insights into their goals and requirements for the solution.
Vendor briefing and evaluation
To get the best possible estimates you must ask the right questions and manage both your own and the vendors’ expectations. But which questions should you ask and how to ensure that you get consistent estimates from multiple vendors?
Virtual Barista
In the summer of 2019, I was introduced to Globe, a major telco in the Philippines, by AWS. They had been looking for someone with experience in Sumerian. Having developed several prototypes, a simple (but difficult) game, and an e-training solution using Sumerian, I was suitably experienced to answer their needs.
What can Ideation do for your project?
If you are in the creative industry, it is common for clients to ask for a new website, or web or mobile application. You may have a few ideas - but are they possible?