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Simulation Theory, Observability, and Modern Software Practices

Honeycomb

The 1981 book Simulacra and Simulation by Jean Baudrillard is widely read and cited within academic circles but also permeates popular culture, influencing films, literature, and art. In the context of software development, particularly with observability 1.0’s In software, bugs and unforeseen issues represent this remainder.

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Astro emerges from stealth to connect Latin American developers with US tech companies

TechCrunch

It’s well-established that there’s a severe shortage of experienced software developers. In a February poll by Infragistics, more than half (53%) of software developers and IT professionals said that the biggest challenge this year will be recruiting developers with the right skills. million by 2030.

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5 ways to do Continuously Improved Testing

Xebia

Definition of Done – a team needs to agree that executing these tests is part of delivering changes and when changing code, new tests should be added. principles of testing (popularized by the book Clean Code by Robert C Martin ). From a process perspective, you should aim to ensure they are executed before the code is merged.

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5 Ways to Increase Release Velocity with Observability

Honeycomb

Is it any surprise that studies are showing 83% of software developers are feeling burnout? That was certainly the case at Slack where releases were delayed due to a high rate (50%) of flaky tests. Deploying observable code is simply less stressful/risky because teams will know quickly if there are any issues.

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Cross-Functional Teams in Product Development: Definition, Principles and Examples

Altexsoft

For this, companies need to carefully design their teams, set clear goals and processes, and cultivate the culture of mutual trust and communication between employees with different expertise. Here, we will focus on software development so the roles will be chosen correspondingly. Software engineer.

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DevOps vs. SRE: What’s the Difference Between Them, and Which One Are You?

OverOps

The official definition of DevOps is “a software engineering culture and practice, that aims at unifying software development and software operation.” The concept of Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) has been around since 2003, making it even older than DevOps. The Differences Between DevOps and SREs.

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On Not Being a Cog in the Machine

Honeycomb

I’ve got a ton of personal reasons for joining Honeycomb that may not be worth being all public about, but after thinking for a while, I realized that many of the things I personally found interesting could point towards attitudes that result in better software elsewhere. Someone who can work in both software engineering and automation.