Video and slides synchronized, mp3 and slide download available at URL http://bit.ly/2dTAQ5N.
John Billings talks about winning over those skeptical about the benefits of microservices along with tips on caching, failure, interface changes, etc. for building a distributed system architecture. Filmed at qconnewyork.com.
John Billings is Technical Lead for Infrastructure at Yelp, where he's been working for the past five years. He loves building scalable backend systems.
1. The Human Side of Microservices
John Billings
@jnb42
billings@yelp.com
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3. Presented at QCon New York
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Strategy
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5. About me
• PhD in compiling and verifying routing
protocols
• Joined Yelp in February 2011
• Initially:
• Joined <10 person search team
• 70 - 80 engineers
• Now 300+ engineers