2022-12-13
Added
- Define our brand in an increasingly competitive market: every order counts
- Debrief peak season
- 15% traffic increase compared to last year’s peak
- Identify a couple of performance caps that we resolved: max transaction id, and replication slot lag
Changed
2022-11-17
Added
- Parcel Perform culture values
- We deliver for all our customers - fast!
- We strive for excellence & ensure accountability
- We embrace innovation & growth every day
- We are stronger together as a diverse team
- Introduce DevOps Chapter
Changed
- Bobby fulfills its mission and enters hiatus
- Final preparation for BFCM
2022-10-25
Added
- Define official incident management process
Changed
- Infrastructure ramp up for BFCM
- Wrap up AWS cost optimization with a total 45% upside
2022-09-21
Added
- Leadership offsite in Singapore
- Start developing the Return management feature
- Promote new Front-end Chapter Lead
- Train devops knowledge for each squad with 15+ attendants
Changed
- AWS cost optimization achieve 30%
- Data lake implementation is well under way
2022-08-17
Added
- Start the investment on a self-service data infrastructure
- Introduce the CTO Office with Staff Engineers and DevOps
- Strong ROI from AWS Cost Optimization
Changed
- E-commerce industry outlook changed with low volume growth, limited funding, and higher cost
- Move Data Engineering into Data & Insights
- Bobby enters phase 2
2022-07-13
Added
- Introduce Head of Data & Insights position
- Tech hub’s new office at L8 The Grace, 71 Hoang Van Thai, District 7
- Promote Staff engineer of Application logic and Staff engineer of Data pipeline
- First series of workshop with Agile Fluency Model
Changed
- Bobby gained some unexpected traction
2022-06-15
Added
- Apply ML in Carrier Identification to challenge the current logic
- Start the discussion around “one-epic” initiative - squads to focus on only one thing at a time, bring down WiP to one
- Welcome Agile Coach to the rank
Changed
- Total focus to error and exception handling over the course of 30 days to strength system stability
2022-05-18
Added
- Start 2022 Intership #1. Code name: Janus
- Introduce the concept of Tribe and provide a transition timeline
- Welcome IT Risk and Compliance manager to the rank
- Start Bobby secret project ;)
Changed
- Manage to host not one but two internship programs in a year for the first time. Next program starts in Q3
2022-04-20
Added
- Launch the US office!
- Provide a general guidelines of Slack productivity
- Roll out k8s for all development environments
Changed
- Apply the revamped log pipeline on services
- Remove AWS IAM, welcome SSO
2022-03-16
Added
- Come out of Performance Review with some new promotions!
- Enable on-demand automated regression test
- Define Domain Boundary Principles to help define the scope of work between squads
- Introduce Sentry as the center of exception handling process
Changed
- Revamped log pipeline in POC stage
- Optimize the cost per development environment by 50%
2022-02-16
Added
- Introduce Head of Engineering position
- Revamp log pipeline
- Develop real-time Delivery Date prediction model
Changed
- Further optimize database IOPS
- Deprecate Notification Center v1
2022-01-19
Added
- Delivered the best month in Parcel Perform history!
- Introduce the new ML/Data tech squad.
- Welcome the first Data Analysts to join the rank.
- Define new process to handle vulnerability reports.
- Introduce Parcel Perform Academy for continuous learning and knowledge upgrade after on-boarding week.
Changed
- Proceed with stage 2 of the Infrastructure as Code movement.
2021-12-15
Added
- Conduct various offsite meetings within the Tech team to define 2022.
- Collude Server Heist.
- Start collecting ideas for Internship Program 2022 - full on experience of running a cross-functional team.
- Log4J raging all over the world. No impact on Parcel Perform.
Changed
- Smoothest BFCM ever with a new record high traffic!
- Various data teams are reformed under a single team structure and leadership.
2021-11-17
Added
- Life in HCMC is coming back.
- Parcel Perform office is fully open and WFH remains an option.
- Prepare for peak season traffic.
- Debut Lenses - DataOps for Kafka.
- Conduct Interview Training series.
- Perform Culture Workshop with Culture Design Canvas.
- Serverheist has got 700+ visitors and 200+ players.
Changed
- Revamp user roles in the admin portal for better security and confidentiality.
2021-10-13
Added
- HCMC is gradually reopening.
- Parcel Perform is back to office at 50% capacity and WFH remains an option.
- Debut Orion squad: Parcel Monitor and public pages.
- Debut Transformer squad: test automation and on-demand QA support.
- Debut Staff Engineer career path for Individual Contributors.
- Start serverheist.com guerilla marketing.
Changed
- Formalize Engineering Growth Framework.
2021-09-15
Added
Changed
- Improve Laptop Support Scheme.
- Initiate the effort to stabilize velocity across squads.
- External monitor is now for everyone.
2021-07-14
Added
- HCMC goes to full lockdown due to Corona.
- Parcel Perform applies a work from home setup.
- Debut Iris squad: notification center and authentication.
- First graphical designer in Vietnam office.
- New FE Chapter Lead promotion.
Changed
- Beta release serverheist.com.
- Revise the graphical design process for scalability.
2021-06-15
Added
Changed
- Alpha release serverheist.com.
- Re-organize Confluence into feature-based spaces.
2021-04-14
Added
- First townhall meeting from 5 different countries.
- First OSS project: django-cacheops.
- Debut Internship Project with FPT University.
- Debut Data Excellence.
Changed
- Squads' domain and scope of responsibility are furthered refined.
- The renovation for Vietnam office has finished, doubling the office capacity.
2021-03-10
Added
- Berlin office is ready to go.
- Parcel Monitor is growing up & is becoming its own business line.
- Debut Delivery Manager position whick manage Project Managers across squads.
Changed
- PP Know Your Team is now a regular monthly event.
- The renovation plan for Vietnam office is in inception.
2021-02-17
Added
- Happy Lunar New Year!
- Secure AWS Enterprise Account.
- First internal PP Networking session across all offices was a great success.
Changed
- Tech-debt budget is revised. Besides major tech investment, 20% of developer time is self-managed and spent on resolving tech-debt.
2021-01-13
Added
- Debut Artemis squad: Portal experience & Parcel Monitor.
- Debut Heimdall squad: System operation & performance engineering.
Changed
- Squad 2.0
- Product team members dedicated to squads and included in all squad activities.
- Squad leadership team with three team members: Tech Lead, Product Lead, and Project Lead.
- More squad related activities to strengthen the collaboration.