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Build Your Own Technology Radar

By Neal Ford

For most of the ’90s and the beginning of the 2000s, I was the CTO of a small training and consulting company. When I started there, the primary platform was Clipper, which was a rapid-application development tool for building DOS…


Is QA Dead?

By Rouan Wilsenach

Test automation is not a new practice. Most software teams are trying to automate testing in some way or another, especially as a replacement for long, manual regression testing cycles. If you’re a QA, you’ve probably wondered what this means for your job. In…


5 Tips for Being an Effective Tech Lead

By Patrick Kua

Becoming a Tech Lead is a tough transition for any developer because only part of the skills and experience you had as a developer prepare you for the expectations of a new role. Instead of simply designing and writing…


Three Common Mistakes of the First Time Tech Lead

By Patrick Kua

The first time a developer steps into the role of a Tech Lead can be difficult. The skills and experience of a seasoned developer do not automatically translate into the skills necessary for the Tech…


The path to DevOps

By Erik Dörnenburg

The role of IT in the business world has changed dramatically over the past…


BFF @ SoundCloud

By Lukasz Plotnicki

Our friends at SoundCloud embarked on a journey a few years ago that changed their system and moved it from a monolithic Rails application towards an ecosystem of microservices.


Digital Strategy is Dead

By Steve Duesbury

The traditional foundations businesses relied on in the past to provide a clear enterprise digital strategy, business case, and roadmap forward are non-existent today. Complexity and time to value continue to rapidly expand, while the time

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