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Nick Proud

Nick Proud

Head of Software Development at NexBotix

Kidsgrove, United Kingdom

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I’m a senior software engineer, Microsoft MVP and technology leader working within the RPA space, delivering software that enhances day-to-day processes.
I create videos about C# and .NET on YouTube and I am currently the Head of Software Development at NexBotix

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  • Information & Communications Technology
  • Business & Management
  • Media & Information
  • Finance & Banking
  • Government, Social Sector & Education
  • Manufacturing & Industrial Materials
  • Consumer Goods & Services

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  • .NET
  • ASP.NET
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  • C#.Net
  • Azure
  • Automation Technology
  • RPA
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  • Agile software development
  • Business Process Automation
  • Software as a Service
  • lean startup methodology
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  • Cloud Technology
  • Distributed Software Systems
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  • Cloud Computing
  • Web APIs
  • Intelligent Business Process Automation
  • Cloud strategy
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  • Cloud Architecture
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  • Database and Cloud
  • Cloud Native Infrastructure
  • Web Performance
  • Architecture of Web-Apps
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Emotional Intelligence for Remote Professionals
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  • UiPath
  • Microsoft Power Automate
  • Technological Innovation
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  • technical writing
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  • NoSQL
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  • Azure SQL Server
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  • OCR
  • visual basic

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Tech Debt in a Tech Startup

Debt. Urgh, it’s everywhere, and it’s not just lingering in our bank accounts, it’s in our code too. Unlike its monetary counterpart, tech debt doesn’t have to be soul-destroying. Let’s talk about technical debt; what it is, how we can track it, and ultimately, how we can pay it off.

I'm NIck, Head of Software Development at NexBotix, a startup looking to disrupt the intelligent automation industry by lowering the barrier of entry for small to medium enterprises. Whether it's invoice processing or staff onboarding, all companies have repeatable processes which could be automated, and this is nothing new. However, in our eyes, humans are still essential! So our platform is looking to differentiate by creating a bridge between 'the bot' doing the automated work and the human who ultimately knows the domain.

Even at a high level, this is no easy feat, and as a startup with a pesky burn rate on our backs, technical debt needs to be spotted early and dealt with effectively.

Using Azure Functions to Optimize Web Apps

Web app dashboards need to load data. Obviously.
But when should that data be loaded? Better yet, when should that data be calculated?
In a legacy, multi-tenant application, my team was faced with optimizing various dashboards and analytical data, that was being calculated via Linq to SQL and then loaded....on page load.
Enter Azure Functions. We were able to use them to pre-calculate our data between various tenants, and reduce our page load-time to around 1 second, with minimal financial implications. I'll present a high-level overview of the issue and how it was solved using queue-triggered and timer triggered azure functions.

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Global Azure Bangladesh 2023 Sessionize Event

May 2023

Nick Proud

Head of Software Development at NexBotix

Kidsgrove, United Kingdom

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