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Nurturing Design in Your Software Engineering Culture

Strategic Tech

In my experience, the culture is better and the results are better in orgs where engineers and architects obsess over the design of code and architecture. In orgs where it’s all about delivering tickets as quickly as possible or obsessing over technology, the culture and results are poorer.

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Thoughts on organizing architecture

Xebia

Gone are the days of making well-thought documents who are reviewed and tested by colleagues in the organization. The solution proposed and decisions made not only have to fit the context of the team, but as well as the organization. Organizing architecture guided by two perspectives.

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Thoughts on organizing architecture

Xebia

Gone are the days of making well-thought documents who are reviewed and tested by colleagues in the organization. The solution proposed and decisions made not only have to fit the context of the team, but as well as the organization. Organizing architecture guided by two perspectives.

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5 ways to do Continuously Improved Testing

Xebia

In many organizations, automated testing lags behind and becomes a bottleneck for successful continuous delivery. 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.

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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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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. Think of observability as the best gift organizations can give to developers (and, ultimately, to their bottom lines). Observability is more than a platform: it’s a culture shift.

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How We Define SRE Work

Honeycomb

I had shared my initial experiences and impressions in this post and thought it would make sense to check back in now that I’ve had the opportunity to spend time learning about the team, the culture, and the code base more in depth. . Take a long-term, holistic view of the system. Lead incident practices. Provide tools and assistance.