Capgemini Software Engineering

Kubernetes is rapidly becoming the de facto industry standard for container orchestration. Initially a development of Google’s internal Borg orchestration software, Kubernetes provides a number of critical features including: Service discovery Container replication Auto scaling and load balancing Flexible and...

“Wait what! You’re still using that version of X?!” We’ve all been there. You’re on a new project and the first thing you’re made painfully aware of is that it is a ‘legacy’ project. Legacy… That single word is often...

Along with some of my colleagues in the Digital Platforms team, I recently took a tour of the London lab of Capgemini’s Applied Innovation Exchange. The AIE is a series of facilities around the world giving Capgemini and our clients...

This weekend’s DrupalCamp London wasn’t my first Drupal event at all, I’ve been to 3 DrupalCon Europe, 4 DrupalCamp Dublin, and a few other DrupalCamps in Ireland and lots of meetups, but in this case I experienced a lot of...

Hello! Are you new here? If so, welcome to the Capgemini Engineering blog. It’s written by and for our fellow engineers across the technology industry. This site has gone from strength to strength since it was created in 2014, and...

The three laws of TDD, as espoused by Robert C. (Uncle Bob) Martin state: You are not allowed to write any production code unless it is to make a failing unit test pass. You are not allowed to write any...

Cybersecurity was a huge focal point of 2016. With a new hacking scandal being highlighted in the news almost on a weekly basis, cybersecurity has become a major issue for all digital companies. Looking at some of the more severe...

Last year, we identified a need to redefine the career framework for our software engineers within the UK engineering teams and started work on a Capgemini Software Engineering grade ladder. The grade ladder is our team’s self-produced documentation to enable...

Following the previous blog post about our software engineering team culture that I wrote with my colleague Andrew Harmel-Law, I spoke about the subject at the January Drupal Show & Tell last night. I’ve been meaning to speak at a...