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Ensuring data consistency in a micro-service application

SoftwareEngineering

Ensuring data consistency in a micro-service application

A few years ago, we had to rewrite an old mainframe application, used by a few thousand people. The application was known (or believed) to be fast, reliable and almost bug free. To maintain the level of service we chose a micro service architecture for the new solution, which means

Implementing SLI/SLO on End-to-End Critical User Journeys

Avoiding the trap of Application-centric SLI to capture actual user satisfaction Introduction In today’s digital world, ensuring a seamless user experience is paramount. Organizations striving to deliver reliable services often grapple with the challenge of finding the right balance between introducing new features and improving reliability and performance. Enter

When AI help us find a strong password

When AI help us find a strong password

This article was co-authored by Edgar Peronnin, a Telecom Nancy student who wrote all the code, and Pierre Raufast, based on an initial idea by Maxime Escourbiac (CERT Michelin). Why is a strong password important? Password strength remains a key issue in cyber security. Indeed, password hashes are regularly compromised

Syncing on-premises Active Directory computer Distinguished Names to Azure Active Directory

Syncing on-premises Active Directory computer Distinguished Names to Azure Active Directory

Transitioning device management to the cloud has been one of our strategic directions for years but has proven easier said than done. So complicated in fact, that we are still operating in 2024 with hybrid devices (Hybrid Azure Active Directory-Joined - HAADJ), attached to both on-prem and cloud Microsoft environments,

Michelin Tech Inspectors: Review of Devoxx 2024 (Not So Incognito)

Michelin Tech Inspectors: Review of Devoxx 2024 (Not So Incognito)

Just like Michelin inspectors, we meticulously reviewed Devoxx 2024. Held in Paris from April 17-19, it attracted 4500 daily visitors and 70 exhibitors. The event enriched our tech journey, much like a Michelin-starred experience.

Data in motion, myth or reality

Data in motion, myth or reality

When I started to work in IT a couple decades ago, the center of the universe for a software engineer was databases, mostly relational ones. We were relying heavily on their transactional capabilities to ensure data consistency. Integrating an app with the rest of the world was quite a challenge.

Designing Kafka Streams Applications

Designing Kafka Streams Applications

For the past 4 years, our journey into the heart of Kafka's capabilities has been shaped by two pivotal concepts: Master Topologies and Micro Topologies. These conceptual frameworks have become the backbone of our Kafka Streams application design, offering a comprehensive and granular understanding of our end-to-end communication.

Self Service BI Development - Value Generation or Chaos Management? - Part 1

Self Service BI Development - Value Generation or Chaos Management? - Part 1

End user development. Increased adoption of the Power Platform. Empowerment. Data literacy. Do-it-yourself reporting. These are all hot button topics in both our business intelligence department, our greater IT department, and beyond into the business. And why not? The company's goal is to make intelligent and informed business

Nietzsche, Lockbit and Darwin...

Nietzsche, Lockbit and Darwin...

"What does not kill me, makes me stronger” When Nietzsche penned this phrase in 1888 in his book Twilight of the Idols, he was referring to recurring physical pain that haunted him. Little did the philosopher know that this idea would be used extensively in many fields, including personal

Michelin loves Open Source Software and we can prove it - Part 2

Michelin loves Open Source Software and we can prove it - Part 2

I began my software developer journey 10 years ago. From the beginning and still today, open-source has been an integral part of my work. Yet, it was only as consumer, and I never completely embraced the model because I never contributed to any projects. In this post, retrospective of the

Anti-Corruption Layer : Transforming Legacy Applications into Modern Cloud Native Applications

SoftwareEngineering

Anti-Corruption Layer : Transforming Legacy Applications into Modern Cloud Native Applications

As part of my team's modernization we decided to review all aspects of our application to make our features and processes streamlined which included the data and the data schemas. We knew we had some outdated schemas that needed to be reorganized. We also decided not to migrate

Software engineer will never die

Software engineer will never die

Software engineering is a domain where developers will never become obsolete but must continually evolve, adapting to new technologies like AI to stay relevant.

Logic Programming loves Data

Logic Programming loves Data

How to leverage logic programming to enhance data-driven development

Topological Data Analysis for CAN Decoding

Topological Data Analysis for CAN Decoding

In this blog post, we have tried to explore topological data analysis in the automobile domain. Our analysis was to decode the CAN ID from the data byte on a CAN bus. Multiple methodology was explored and ultimately, a Kepler mapper an exploratory data analysis tool from TDA helped us

How to 'Kstreamplify' : your new way to develop Kafka Streams application

How to 'Kstreamplify' : your new way to develop Kafka Streams application

Spoiler alert * After Ns4Kafka feature to bring controllers on top of Kafka resources (Topics, Kafka Connect and Schema Registry) * After kafkactl CLI linked with Ns4Kafka that lets you deploy your Kafka resources using YAML descriptors. We're thrilled to announce a brand new open source tool around Kafka: a

Actually, it’s not the network!

Actually, it’s not the network!

My job mostly consists of troubleshooting issues (performance, errors…) where it is not known whether the root cause lies with the application or the infrastructure. Many times, I hear “it’s the network’s fault”. Why is the network automatically blamed for no apparent reason? I will give you my

Embracing Kaizen time to develop Snowflake Grafana plugin with Go

Embracing Kaizen time to develop Snowflake Grafana plugin with Go

The article outlines the development of a Snowflake Grafana plugin using Go. It discusses plugin architecture, development, testing, and deployment, demonstrating how it enhances visualization of Snowflake data in Grafana, driven by the Kaizen philosophy.

Becoming Data Driven: Lesson learned (Part 2)

Becoming Data Driven: Lesson learned (Part 2)

This article follows another post "How to become a Data Driven Company in 10 simple steps" which relate the steps we took in initiating our data driven initiative. When reflecting on our journey there are some take away, things we could have done differently and areas we are

Pair Programming Experiment

SoftwareEngineering

Pair Programming Experiment

As part of my teams' modernization of our application, we hired an outside company to help us deliver faster with their defined processes. One of these defined practices was pairing Michelin development engineers with their development engineers. It sounds crazy to put two engineers to work on one development

Securing a Virtual Desktop in a Public Cloud - Conclusion

Securing a Virtual Desktop in a Public Cloud - Conclusion

As I documented in previous articles we moved our VDI platform to dedicated subscriptions and segmented the users by separating Michelin and Non-Michelin. On this last leg of our journey we look to implement the final step in securing our Virtual Desktops in the cloud by implementing a form of

How to become a Data Driven Company in 10 simple steps

How to become a Data Driven Company in 10 simple steps

When your core business is selling tyre 1. Build A Data Custodian Network and a Data Catalogue 🕸️ The first step in becoming Data Driven is to identify the experts in the data within your company. Those would generally be people within your IT organisation that have a good understanding of