When they fly like a bird and when they hit the unexpected window hard — Introduction and Scope At Elli we aim for “stream-aligned teams”. According to the book “Team Topologies” — by Manuel Pais and Matthew Skelton, we focus on optimising our workflow when it comes to feature delivery and minimising the number of handovers between teams. To reduce handovers, these teams have end-to-end ownership of their…

How technical and operational excellence is achieved — In our very first blog post, we introduced you to Elli’s guiding principles for achieving engineering excellence. In this article, we delve deeper into one of the practices our engineering teams use on a per-sprint basis to maintain a high level of code quality and to upskill technically. …

How charging stations communicate with their central backend system — OCPP, c’est quoi? If we observed a group of people with different native tongues trying to engage in discussion, we would likely observe them consolidating to the language that is understood by all people. …

A retrospective on a memory leak — Introduction Memory leaks are one of those things that, when they happen, can really throw you in at the deep end. Diagnosing them seems like a challenging task at first. They require a deep dive into the tools and components your service relies on. This close-up examination not only deepens your…

How asynchronous reviews and wait times harm throughput and code quality — Introduction In this blog post, I share my learnings in the last couple of months regarding the delivery process of our engineering team at Elli. It was during this time that I came across Dragan Stepanovic’s presentation at the Seattle Software Crafters Meetup. …

A quick read for all newbies to EV charging! — Creating a sustainable future means changing the way we get around. Perhaps this means switching to “greener” modes of transportation like commuting by bike or public transit. It could also mean reducing the ecological footprint of existing modes of transportation. The proliferation of electric vehicles (EV) is a prime example…