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Nurturing Design in Your Software Engineering Culture

Strategic Tech

Martin Fowler argues that internal quality of a software system enables new features and improvements to be delivered more sustainably. If you’re interested in improving the design mindset in your engineering culture, I hope that the following techniques provide you with some food for though. It can be a cost-effective approach.

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You are what you Git: how your VCS branching model affects your delivery cadence

CircleCI

Author: Vincent Driessen Original blog post. And while I concede there is no VCS branching model that fits all teams, I am happy to have learned that the option CircleCI chose exists, and to have experienced how it affects our delivery cadence, and the engineering culture we build around our product. We build this together.

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How We Define SRE Work, as a Team

Honeycomb

Adjust work so that people feel comfortable and confident running our systems, propagate good practices, and ensure we do these things sustainably. Think of: Urban planners ’ roles around public consultation, transportation management, sanitation infrastructure, and sustainable growth.

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On Not Being a Cog in the Machine

Honeycomb

This is my first week here as the first dedicated SRE for Honeycomb, and in a welcoming gesture, I was asked if I wanted to write a blog post about my first impressions and what made me decide to join the team. However, it frames and guides the form it should take to make it more effective, useful, and sustainable.

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2020: The Year Bee-hind Us

Honeycomb

In March I wrote the following: Observability is a paradigm on which we can build a safe, healthy, sustainable future for the tech industry. We’re trying to build something sustainable here, and the people who make up Honeycomb are more than just “resources.” A small change with ripple effects. It is not ok and you should want better.

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2020: The Year Bee-hind Us

Honeycomb

In March I wrote the following: Observability is a paradigm on which we can build a safe, healthy, sustainable future for the tech industry. We’re trying to build something sustainable here, and the people who make up Honeycomb are more than just “resources.” A small change with ripple effects. It is not ok and you should want better.

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Share Pie: The DDD Treasure Hidden in Plain Sight

Strategic Tech

DDD is not an excuse to prioritise modelling over delivery, but it is an excuse to challenge the over-focus on short-term at the expense of long-term sustainability. I’ve previously written about Nurturing Design in Your Software Engineering Culture , which shares some practical tips for getting started with design in general.