In order to be ubiquitous, technology should fit seamlessly into a user's life. This presentation looks at how software engineers can make data available and consistent across different devices and environments and support the real-time proliferation of information.

1. Building a Platform to Support
Ubiquitous Technology
Kate Richardson, Software Engineer
@katewritescode, @justeat_tech

2. What makes technology
ubiquitous?

3. • Seamlessness
• Availability
• Time Specificness

4. What does this mean for
my software?

5. • Data is available across platforms and devices
• Customer experience is the same if they’re
one of ten users or one of a hundred thousand
• Changes and updates are received by users
instantaneously

6. Making data available:
APIs

7. • Consistency and discoverability
• A common data format such as JSON
• Public APIs so 3rd parties can build tech that
works alongside your software estate

8. Meeting demand:
Cloud

9. • As much or as little as you need
• Auto healing instances
• Restorable infrastructure
• Blue/green deployments

10. Real-time:
Messaging

11. • Permeate information
• Create queues and topics which interested
parties can subscribe to
• Send many small updates

12. Technology At JUST
EAT...

13. • Customer places an order on
our responsive mobile
website using their phone

14. • The restaurant receives the
order on their Orderpad.
• They can review the order
details and requests from
the customer

15. • The driver can view
the customer’s
address on a map
• The apps helps the
driver to plan a route
and update the
status of the order

16. • The customer gets a text to
say their order has arrived

18. Questions?
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