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5 ways to do Continuously Improved Testing

Xebia

Test automation is not a project or a one-off—it is part of the development lifecycle and should be seen as its own system that needs to evolve over time as the requirements and system under test change and mature. Delivery pipelines and source code management systems help—for example, you can gate pull requests on a failing test.

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5 Ways to Increase Release Velocity with Observability

Honeycomb

Observability provides the ability to see inside your complex and distributed systems to know exactly what’s happening in real time. That was certainly the case at Slack where releases were delayed due to a high rate (50%) of flaky tests. Observability is more than a platform: it’s a culture shift.

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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 software development, the real can be seen as the initial design and requirement specifications—the ideal system as imagined by its creators.

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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. A QA engineer usually collaborates with a product manager to make sure all the quality standards are met throughout the product life cycle.

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How We Define SRE Work, as a Team

Honeycomb

But looking at the responsibilities we were taking around vendor negotiations, voluntarily cross-pollinating silos and impacting engineering teams roadmaps in anticipation of scaling needs, we decided to rework that whole category into a broader “system-level” perspective. It therefore feels like a more adequate fit to our function.

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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.” So why did Google need to create its own definition? This can lead to frustration, a set back in deployment and high costs due to delays.

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How to Effectively Lead High-Performing Engineering Teams

Honeycomb

Fostering a healthy engineering culture. Charity and James also talked about how the right organizational culture fosters a ——and, combined with the right tooling (aka observability)—the teams that embrace both generally lead the pack when it comes to higher performance. . Emily Nakashima, VP Engineering, Honeycomb .