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Consumer-Driven Contracts with Pact
Consumer-Driven Contracts with Pact
With over 300 microservices managed by more than a dozen teams working on JSTOR, we are always looking for ways to evolve and maintain our…
Influential Team Leadership Through the Power of Self Discovery
Influential Team Leadership Through the Power of Self Discovery
Let’s start with some questions…When is the last time you sat back and reflected on what kind of leader you are and what impact you’re…
JSTOR’s Metadata Story
JSTOR’s Metadata Story
I’ve worked in the content side of scholarly publishing for 25 years, and I cannot count the number of times I’ve been asked or overheard…
Ho Hum Scrum Drum: Mixing it Up!
Ho Hum Scrum Drum: Mixing it Up!
The other day, one of my coworkers from another team, who has recently started using Scrum practices, asked me to offer some advice about…
Django’s cached template loader
Django’s cached template loader
In our never-ending aspiration toward better performance in Django, we are constantly looking for ways to do less work in less time while…
You Can’t Rollerskate in a Buffalo Herd
You Can’t Rollerskate in a Buffalo Herd
(and You Can’t Innovate When You’re Afraid)
Has Your Test Suite Been Code Reviewed Lately? Maybe it Should!
Has Your Test Suite Been Code Reviewed Lately? Maybe it Should!
Test code often doesn't get the respect it deserves, that’s because it’s the one piece of code that your customers will never see. It’s…
