Jamie Tanna | Software Engineer

Hi, I'm Jamie Tanna (he/him/his), and I'm currently a Tech Lead (Software Development Engineer 3) at Capital One UK where I'm working on Customer Acquisitions.

I currently live in Nottingham with my partner Anna Dodson and our beautiful terror of a cat Morph.

I use my site as a method of blogging about my learnings, as well as sharing information about projects I have previously, or are currently, working on in my spare time.

I'm a GNU/Linux user, a big advocate for the Free Software Movement, and the IndieWeb movement and I try to self host my own services where possible, instead of relying on other providers.

Drop me an email at hi@jamietanna.co.uk, or using any of the other social links below.

Things like this are why I'm going to miss my #LifeAtCapitalOne - getting a care package in the mail with some super yummy brownies! Really nice to have culture of appreciation ♥

Wed, 06 Oct 2021 11:49 by Jamie Tanna . #capital-one.

Absolutely! I've had great feedback since posting mine publicly https://www.jvt.me/posts/2021/09/09/public-salary-history/

https://twitter.com/monzo/status/1445670194513276937

Normalise talking about your salary with friends.
Monzo (@monzo)Wed, 06 Oct 2021 08:40 +0000

Wed, 06 Oct 2021 09:59 by Jamie Tanna . #salary.

Thanks very much for sharing Tom 🙌🏼 this is really interesting to see!

https://twitter.com/tomtucka/status/1445458449513345029

https://twitter.com/tomtucka/status/1445458447751733252
This is something I've wanted to do for ages, so today I've also published my compensation history. You can find it here on my website tomwithers.dev/salary. 2/2
Tom Withers (@tomtucka)Tue, 05 Oct 2021 18:38 +0000

Tue, 05 Oct 2021 20:58 by Jamie Tanna .

I will be attending

Mon, 04 Oct 2021 18:52 by Jamie Tanna .

I will be attending Women in Tech 7th October - Resilience at work on Thursday, Oct 7 2021

Mon, 04 Oct 2021 18:47 by Jamie Tanna .

I will be attending Homebrew Website Club: Nottingham on Wednesday, Oct 13 2021

Mon, 04 Oct 2021 07:35 by Jamie Tanna .

Week Notes 21#39 (3 mins read).

What happened in the week of 2021-09-27?

Sun, 03 Oct 2021 22:00 by Jamie Tanna . #week-notes.

Writing In Public, Inside Your Company - The Kool Aid Factory

Recommended read: Writing In Public, Inside Your Company - The Kool Aid Factory https://koolaidfactory.com/writing-in-public-inside-your-company/

Sun, 03 Oct 2021 09:13 by Jamie Tanna . #communication #documentation #meetings.

Testing Data Serialisation/Deserialization in Java (4 mins read).

How to validate your JSON types correctly serialise/deserialise.

Sat, 02 Oct 2021 22:00 by Jamie Tanna . #java #testing #blogumentation.

#FreeGuy was great - very much recommend a watch!

Sat, 02 Oct 2021 21:28 by Jamie Tanna . #free-guy.

In Software, When an Engineer Exits the Team

Recommended read: In Software, When an Engineer Exits the Team https://medium.com/@solidi/in-software-when-an-engineer-exits-the-team-1e550303cff8

Thu, 30 Sep 2021 11:29 by Jamie Tanna .

Wed, 29 Sep 2021 22:04 by Jamie Tanna .

Setting up fluentd to Parse Nested JSON from Docker (2 mins read).

How to configure fluentd to parse the inner JSON from a log message as JSON, for use with structured logging.

Wed, 29 Sep 2021 18:29 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #fluentd #logs #docker #kubernetes #logz.io.

Wed, 29 Sep 2021 09:54 by Jamie Tanna .

I've got plans this weekend but may pop in for some games 👀

https://twitter.com/jackfrags/status/1442868680698773505

Battlefield 2042 Beta trailer... 👀 #Battlefield2042
JackFrags (@jackfrags)Tue, 28 Sep 2021 15:07 +0000

Tue, 28 Sep 2021 22:15 by Jamie Tanna .

Tue, 28 Sep 2021 07:35 by Jamie Tanna .

Mon, 27 Sep 2021 15:01 by Jamie Tanna . #open-source.

Thanks for covering this, there was some really good discussion - I do hope that more folks share their salaries to help more junior / underrepresented groups get what they're worth!

https://twitter.com/TechTeamWeekly/status/1442391587514986497

Episode 5 has hit! This week, we are discussing whether you should make make your pay public as @JamieTanna has on his website. Check it out on your standard podcast platforms or on YouTube. #technews #podcast techteamweekly.com/episode/5
Tech Team Weekly (@TechTeamWeekly)Mon, 27 Sep 2021 07:32 +0000

Mon, 27 Sep 2021 09:32 by Jamie Tanna .

Hope everyone has a great time at #DataConnect21 (https://dataconnect.api.gov.uk) - there's a packed week of awesome talks, and I'm excited to dip in and out to learn some great stuff happening in the Public Sector!

Mon, 27 Sep 2021 08:41 by Jamie Tanna . #data-connect21.

Sun, 26 Sep 2021 22:15 by Jamie Tanna .

Week Notes 21#38 (3 mins read).

What happened in the week of 2021-09-20?

Sun, 26 Sep 2021 21:54 by Jamie Tanna . #week-notes.

Tips for Reducing Dependency Upgrade Toil with WhiteSource Renovate (5 mins read).

Some tips I've picked up while working with WhiteSource Renovate to keep my projects up-to-date.

Sun, 26 Sep 2021 18:21 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #whitesource-renovate #open-source #security.

Why We Killed Our End-to-End Test Suite - Building Nubank

Recommended read: Why We Killed Our End-to-End Test Suite - Building Nubank https://building.nubank.com.br/why-we-killed-our-end-to-end-test-suite/

Sun, 26 Sep 2021 10:31 by Jamie Tanna . #software-testing #contract-testing.

Automated API Style Guides: Linting, Versioning, and More

Recommended read: Automated API Style Guides: Linting, Versioning, and More https://blog.stoplight.io/automated-api-style-guides-linting-versioning-and-more

Sun, 26 Sep 2021 10:29 by Jamie Tanna . #api.

Sat, 25 Sep 2021 22:23 by Jamie Tanna .

Sat, 25 Sep 2021 22:23 by Jamie Tanna .

Sat, 25 Sep 2021 17:01 by Jamie Tanna . #diversity-and-inclusion.

Fri, 24 Sep 2021 07:33 by Jamie Tanna . #diversity-and-inclusion.

Is it just me or has the Infinidash hype train run out?

Wed, 22 Sep 2021 22:23 by Jamie Tanna .

Why you need a service registry

Recommended read: Why you need a service registry https://blog.lawrencejones.dev/service-registry/

Wed, 22 Sep 2021 07:49 by Jamie Tanna .

RBAC like it was meant to be

Recommended read: RBAC like it was meant to be https://tailscale.com/blog/rbac-like-it-was-meant-to-be/

Tue, 21 Sep 2021 18:52 by Jamie Tanna . #authorization.

Tackling Structural Racism and Sexism in Open Source

Recommended read: Tackling Structural Racism and Sexism in Open Source https://cucumber.io/blog/open-source/tackling-structural-racism-(and-sexism)-in-open-so/

Tue, 21 Sep 2021 07:43 by Jamie Tanna . #diversity-and-inclusion #cucumber #community.

Week Notes 21#37 (4 mins read).

What happened in the week of 2021-09-13?

Sun, 19 Sep 2021 21:44 by Jamie Tanna . #week-notes.

An incident response starter-pack: how do you handle production outages?

Recommended read: An incident response starter-pack: how do you handle production outages? https://blog.lawrencejones.dev/incident-response/

Sun, 19 Sep 2021 19:05 by Jamie Tanna . #production #incident-management.

How To Rapidly Improve At Any Programming Language

Recommended read: How To Rapidly Improve At Any Programming Language https://www.cbui.dev/how-to-rapidly-improve-at-any-programming-language/

Sun, 19 Sep 2021 18:56 by Jamie Tanna . #open-source #code-review.

What I Learnt Becoming a Tech Lead | Tom Gamon

Recommended read: What I Learnt Becoming a Tech Lead | Tom Gamon https://tomgamon.com/posts/things-i-have-learned-new-tech-lead/

Sun, 19 Sep 2021 12:48 by Jamie Tanna . #technical-leadership.

I'm interested in attending DataConnect21 - a week of data-themed activities 27 Sept -1 Oct on Monday, Sep 27 2021

Although I'm on holiday this week and may not be able to make a lot of this - there's some really exciting stuff happening that's being run by my new team!

Sat, 18 Sep 2021 07:43 by Jamie Tanna .

Sat, 18 Sep 2021 07:32 by Jamie Tanna . #diversity-and-inclusion.

Definitely gonna be keeping this thread in mind for my new role next month!

https://twitter.com/QuinnyPig/status/1370575853554266118

And now, a small thread on what to do in your first two weeks of starting a new job.
Corey Quinn (@QuinnyPig)Sat, 13 Mar 2021 03:22 GMT

Thu, 16 Sep 2021 17:04 by Jamie Tanna .

AWS federation comes to GitHub Actions | Aidan Steele’s blog (usually about AWS)

Recommended read: AWS federation comes to GitHub Actions | Aidan Steele’s blog (usually about AWS) https://awsteele.com/blog/2021/09/15/aws-federation-comes-to-github-actions.html

Thu, 16 Sep 2021 10:49 by Jamie Tanna . #aws #github.

Recommended read: Enough https://pawlean.com/2021/09/15/enough/

Thu, 16 Sep 2021 10:46 by Jamie Tanna . #diversity-and-inclusion #social-media.

Wed, 15 Sep 2021 17:47 by Jamie Tanna .

Conventional Comments

We've been using emoji for this in the past, which works well as long as everyone remembers what the emoji reflect - I often forget - but doing it this way makes a lot of sense, and having them to be machine-parseable is a benefit!

Recommended read: Conventional Comments https://conventionalcomments.org/

Wed, 15 Sep 2021 04:19 by Jamie Tanna . #code-review.

Thanks everyone for some really great engagement with this!

https://twitter.com/JamieTanna/status/1435908763119230978

Welp, I'm sure I'll regret this, but I'm publishing my salary/compensation history publicly now! Blog post: jvt.me/posts/2021/09/… Numbers: jvt.me/salary/ (jvt.me/mf2/2021/09/4t…)
Jamie Tanna | www.jvt.me (@JamieTanna)Thu, 09 Sep 2021 10:11 +0000

Tue, 14 Sep 2021 08:43 by Jamie Tanna .

Thanks everyone for some really great engagement with this!

https://www.jvt.me/mf2/2021/09/4tvml/

Tue, 14 Sep 2021 08:11 by Jamie Tanna .

Week Notes 21#36 (4 mins read).

What happened in the week of 2021-09-06?

Sun, 12 Sep 2021 21:54 by Jamie Tanna . #week-notes.

Packaging Wiremock Extensions into the Standalone Server Runner (2 mins read).

How to use Gradle to package a standalone JAR for Wiremock, including any extensions needed.

Sun, 12 Sep 2021 17:58 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #java #gradle #wiremock.

I will be attending Tech Nottingham September 2021 - What You Should Know About Tech Leadership on Monday, Sep 13 2021

Sun, 12 Sep 2021 13:45 by Jamie Tanna .

Mistakes I've Made in AWS

Recommended read: Mistakes I've Made in AWS https://laravel-news.com/aws-mistakes

Sun, 12 Sep 2021 12:42 by Jamie Tanna . #aws.

No More Medium. Build Your Own Site, Please.

Recommended read: No More Medium. Build Your Own Site, Please. https://nomedium.dev/

Sun, 12 Sep 2021 12:40 by Jamie Tanna . #medium #blogging #personal-website.