01 Aug 2026 Hello World - Welcome to the New Site A fresh start for jaybell.me - built with Eleventy, Tailwind, and Nx. jaybell.me
20 May 2026 Surviving the (parsing) Storm This article by Jay Bell details an investigation into critical event-loop blocking issues experienced by Kubernetes pods, leading to service instability. The problem was traced to synchronous JSON parsing and object rehydration within a high-volume model cache, particularly when using revivers with JSON.parse. This approach forced V8 onto its... Trellis Tech Blog
28 Jan 2026 Trellis 2025 (Technical) Year in Review A review of Trellis's technical achievements in 2025, focusing on improvements in DevOps automation, testing, and infrastructure. Key highlights include implementing DORA metrics, automating the release pipeline, migrating to AWS EKS and PostgreSQL, and introducing a Model Cache. The review also covers codebase growth, issue tracking, and future... Trellis Tech Blog
28 Jan 2026 The Magic We Are Losing But Also The Magic We Are Gathering An exploration of how AI and AI agents are impacting software development at Trellis. It discusses the benefits of using AI to automate tasks and improve efficiency, while also acknowledging the potential downsides, such as the feeling of losing the 'magic' of coding and the need for developers to adapt and distinguish themselves. The author... Trellis Tech Blog
30 Sep 2025 Quality at Trellis: Our Vision for Testing and Automation An overview of Trellis's approach to software testing and automation, emphasizing the importance of quality and speed. It details the types of testing employed (unit, integration, E2E, smoke, load), the tools used, and how testing aligns with key engineering initiatives like performance optimization. The article also discusses the establishment... Trellis Tech Blog
21 Aug 2025 Productivity at Trellis: Thank you, Nx. An article detailing how Trellis leverages Nx to manage their monorepo, focusing on the task graph and the time savings achieved through Nx Cloud. It highlights the efficiency gains in builds, tests, and other tasks, leading to improved developer productivity and reduced 'Time to Green'. Trellis Tech Blog
04 Aug 2025 Building at Scale: How Trellis Structures Our Nx Monorepo An overview of how Trellis structures its Nx monorepo, including application architecture, library organization, module boundaries, custom Nx plugins, CI/CD, and developer experience. It covers the challenges of managing complexity at scale, the benefits of using Nx, and lessons learned. Trellis Tech Blog