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Nurturing Design in Your Software Engineering Culture

Strategic Tech

There are a few qualities that differentiate average from high performing software engineering organisations. I believe that attitude towards the design of code and architecture is one of them. 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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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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You are what you Git: how your VCS branching model affects your delivery cadence

CircleCI

The path of a software engineer is one of constant learning. Before joining CircleCI, my years of experience led me to believe that I was an engineer with a firm understanding of the technical aspects of the craft, as well as what is considered good practice. We learn things from concepts and processes to languages and tools.

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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. . Think of: Well, this one is pretty natural to the software world. Provide tools and assistance.

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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.

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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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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. My purpose as a Developer Advocate is to help software teams with their work, and that work can have positive ripple effects. No Q4 code freezes for us. no oversharing or prying).