Robbie Thompson

Nov 20, 2024 | hackernoon.com | Robbie Thompson

IntroductionAt Ruroc, the process of building the infrastructure to handle over 12,000 concurrent users on Black Friday with no drop in performance took over 3 months and a lot of trial and error. This article summarises the key obstacles we ran into and how we fixed them. It can act as a guide to help other developers build scalable e-commerce infrastructure on Magento and avoid the pitfalls we encountered.

Oct 31, 2023 | cyclingeurope.org | Robbie Thompson

By Robbie ThompsonLet’s start by stating the obvious – there can hardly be a cyclist who doesn’t understand the importance of staying hydrated. Whether you’re commuting to work or adventuring off into the scenic trails of Europe, hydration is essential for optimal performance and staying healthy. However, mastering hydration isn’t as simple as taking a sip from your water bottle every time you feel thirsty. The fact that you feel thirsty means you are already at least mildly dehydrated.

Feb 6, 2023 | felixstowe.nub.news | Robbie Thompson

There is such a huge difference between the house that you can settle in for a year or two and your forever home. Most of us can accept some compromises when we know that we are not going to be staying there forever. You can overlook things like a noisy neighbourhood and not having space for a home office, you can postpone your dream garden plans, and so on. But finding your forever home is not something that you should postpone indefinitely.