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TechCrunch+ roundup: SaaS success stats, leveraging ad tech chaos, 2022 layoff trends

TechCrunch

For those of us who haven’t memorized economic frameworks: The Rule of 40 is a metric investors developed to gauge the health and growth potential of SaaS startups. According to its findings, SaaS founders should target at least 80% and aim to surpass 110%. What to look for when hiring a growth marketing agency.

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How do you select the right tech stack?

TechCrunch

So to help founders understand what a good tech stack should look like, we invited two experts on this topic, Preeti Somal , the EVP of Engineering at HashiCorp and Jill Wetzler , the VP of Engineering at Pilot , to TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 to discuss everything from evaluating vendors to making sure you can rely on an open source product.

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20 influential women in software development

Apiumhub

In the software development field, we always hear famous names like Martin Fowler, Kent Beck, George H. That is why today I decided to write about amazing successful, talented and influential women in software development. 20 influential women in software development. . 20 influential women in software development. .

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An Engineering Manager’s Bill of Rights (and Responsibilities)

Honeycomb

There was fresh momentum around the idea that engineering ICs should be able to progress up a dedicated technical career ladder—one that didn’t top out where management levels began, or push ICs on an up-or-out path into management. These constraints incentivized managers to think hard about how to retain and grow their best senior engineers.

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Aaand the New NiFi Champion is…

Cloudera

On May 3, 2023, Cloudera kicked off a contest called “Best in Flow” for NiFi developers to compete to build the best data pipelines. Cloudera VP of Engineering and NiFi founder Joe Witt, joined by principal committers Mark Payne and Matt Gillman, addressed the global community via a virtual event dubbed “ Meet the Committers.”

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Apiumhub supports Craft Conference one more year

Apiumhub

One more year we support Craft Conference as we believe this is a very interesting event. Craft Conference returns in person for the first time since 2019! One of the largest software developer conferences in the region, with unmissable talks and workshops between 31 May to 3 June. About Craft Conference.

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How 3 Companies Implemented Distributed Tracing for Better Insight into Their Systems

Honeycomb

This blog shares how Honeycomb users Slack, HelloFresh, and Intercom implemented and incorporated distributed tracing and how it helped accelerate their development cycles—and find fast answers to complex problems. Developer trust in tests declined, velocity slowed, and teams struggled with a massive Jenkins queue. The solution?

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