CZJUG Prague — The gateway to microservices and how to stay sane in the ORM Vietnam War

I’m delighted that topics we work on internally at Zonky can be discussed in public. Our two excellent developers, Lukáš Nový and Dominik Moštek, will share these topics at CZJUG Prague on 27 November 2017. Feel free to drop by and chat with them. CZJUG events are open to the public and there’ll be pizza. Invitation on Facebook. I’m sharing the talk abstracts below.

API Gateway as a gateway to microservices

At Zonky we decided to move to a microservices architecture, and we need an API gateway for anyone to use our API. We use Spring Boot, Zuul, Hystrix, and some other great Netflix libraries that make development easier.

Lukáš Nový

Programming and IT are both my work and my hobby. After a few banks and corporations, I came to Zonky.cz, where I finally have a relaxed atmosphere and room to work. I enjoy exploring new technologies, so microservices were an obvious choice for me. I’ve been interested in hardware and software since secondary school. Although Java is my daily bread, as a proper electrical engineering graduate I’m not afraid to get my hands dirty with hardware. In my free time I pick up a camera or play with a Raspberry Pi and a pile of IoT sensors.

ORM as the Vietnam War and how to stay sane

ORM is the Vietnam War of computer science, Ted Neward declared in his famous article. Like the Vietnam War, it can’t be won. At least we can survive it with dignity. This talk is about what’s wrong with today’s approach to ORM and offers a few tips for dealing with it.

Dominik Moštek

Software development is Dominik’s greatest passion. He’s been gaining experience for over ten years, mostly at large companies, but has now moved to the startup Zonky. Clean, well-designed code is his mantra. In his free time he likes learning more about programming or sharing what he’s learned with others, especially about TDD and clean code. He also loves traveling the world with his partner.