Kyle Redelinghuys

In the latest iteration of the banking project, I decided to focus on two aspects first: Implementing tests Proper error handling With the project already well underway, there was quite a lot of refactoring involved and as usual a lot was learned. Testing Difficulties around goroutines The first stop for implementing testing in the current project was looking at the client and the server. The server runs in a goroutine and is intended to be long living. »

Strictly speaking these aren’t weekly updates anymore, but hey who’s counting. During the last two weeks or so I’ve travelled to the UK, dived deeper into Go, and made good progress on the Visa package. UK trip I spent 10 days in the UK, half in London and half in Leeds. While in London I got to meet with some great people and initiatives, and got to see some friends who I haven’t seen in years. »

This past Monday 29 February, one of my favourite companies in the fintech space Mondo launched their public funding round on the crowd funding platform CrowdCube. This event has been built up over the last few months and there was a significant level of hype around it. The launch, however, was by all accounts a failure. This post aims to break down the reasons for failure, and hopefully give some insight into preventative measures. »

The last week and a half has been interesting and fairly admin heavy, so that’s what I am blaming the delayed post on. As part of the admin life process, I’ve been looking into reasons for study, the banking project, exciting companies in the fintech space, the software environment in London, Docker, React and more programming. It’s been pretty introspective but rewarding. React In the search for expanding my skillset, I’ve decided on React as a front end framework. »

Visa recently launched a revamped version of their developer portal. I have previously looked into the Visa and Mastercard APIs, and with this update to their portal I decided to take a closer look. What’s changed? The last time I took a look at the API portal, it was not overly impressive. The front end looked like it needed a good revamp, the navigation was fair and the information was available. »

Another week goes by. The States is still fun, and I’m getting more used to working from here. Banking project I managed to get some work done on the banking project. I spent quite a while designing the new look and feel, and then implementing that look on the mobile app. Coming from a web perspective Swift has some intricacies around doing styling, but it was pretty easy to pick up. »

This post is part of a series on a project I am doing to build banking architecture. One of the great things about tackling a new project is that you get to work on many different aspects. With a decent amount of functionality tied down, I decided to do some work on the design of the brand and application. Logo As always, a first stop is the logo. I found an icon from The Noun Project and a great font from Creative Market for a total of $11. »

The past week and a bit had two awesome weekends and not that much else. Work has been pretty standard, and planning around the snow proved interesting and fun. Snow The weekend before last saw record snowfall in Washington, D.C. and the surrounds. We got a little over 30 inches which is incredible. We went out and enjoyed the snow on the Saturday before the blizzard came in. It was knee deep and powder, we were loving life. »

In late February/early March I will be in London on holiday. London has a fantastic fintech industry, and some of the most innovative companies in finance are coming out of the UK. If you are involved in the fintech scene, have experience in the banking industry, or just want to chat about what I’m building I’d be keen to meet up. Give me a shout or send a mail over to kyle (at) ksred. »

Over the past week I’ve put in quite a bit of time looking at the next step in the banking project. One of the more pressing issues I’ve been wanting to get done is real world payment integration. This post is a follow up to a previous post. The goal The end result I am aiming for is quite simple: to let Alice pay Bob from their mobile. Alice could also request payment from Bob, and Bob can pay Alice without having a user account on the system. »