Speaker: Kathryn Jonas

Lead Engineer @TheEconomist

My name is Jonas, I’m the Lead Engineer for the Content Platform at The Economist and a product of Midwestern comfort food, fantasy novels, and a love for complexity. After studying Political Theory, I found my passion in using technology to solve social problems. I’ve lead projects for organizations in Beijing, London, and New York, applying technology to diverse challenges such as mission impact evaluation, editorial transparency and trust, and online learning and collaboration. I thrive on engaging software architecture debates and working with animated, empowered teams (and coffee).

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Talk : Digital Publishing for Scale: The Economist and Go

Track : 21st Century Languages
Location : Empire Complex, 7th fl.
Day of week : Friday
Duration : 10:35am - 11:25am

The Economist newspaper was first printed in 1843. Since then, readers consume news in rapidly evolving ways and technology has taken the forefront in delivering content and enabling the severe contest between intelligence, which presses forward, and an unworthy, timid ignorance obstructing our progress.

To meet these challenges, The Economist restructured its platforms for digital delivery by breaking down a monolithic CMS and adopting a distributed, microservices architecture. The Economist implemented Go to write services responsible for delivering content across products and platforms. Go has enable the team to quickly adapt to business needs and scale for growing demand, but it has not been without its own challenges. This talk will cover the struggles and victories in transitioning to Go and how Go has uniquely fit The Economist’s digital publishing goals.

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