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  • Evolving annual reteaming at Redgate

    Evolving annual reteaming at Redgate

    How we’ve adapted our approach to reteaming to be more dynamic and efficient, and retained the good stuff
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    Chris Smith
    Mar 26
    Playing with Transformers

    Playing with Transformers

    “Attention is all you need” is the paper that launched large language models. In this article, we’ll try write some high-level code to…
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    Jeff Foster
    Feb 7
    Demystifying Embeddings

    Demystifying Embeddings

    Go to the profile of Jeff Foster
    Jeff Foster
    Feb 6
    DeepSeek R1 + Sonnet

    DeepSeek R1 + Sonnet

    I’m a big fan of Claude Sonnet. I’m ashamed to admit, it’s mostly vibes based. It’s friendlier and writes code in a way that I like. The…
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    Jeff Foster
    Jan 26
    Understanding and Managing Friction in Software Development

    Understanding and Managing Friction in Software Development

    Effective software delivery depends on strategically managing friction — the forces that impede progress between ideation and…
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    Jeff Foster
    Dec 11, 2024
    Deploy and Configure an OpenTelemetry Collector in Azure via Terraform

    Deploy and Configure an OpenTelemetry Collector in Azure via Terraform

    OpenTelemetry (otel) Collectors, are an opportunity to alter your telemetry, before it hits your telemetry vendor.
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    Liam Jones
    Sep 13, 2024
    5 simple questions to measure team health and satisfaction

    5 simple questions to measure team health and satisfaction

    In November 2022 our Development Leadership Team (DLT) started asking our teams to let us know about Team Health and Satisfaction via…
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    Clare Tunstall
    May 15, 2023
    Process is an excuse to not think

    Process is an excuse to not think

    which can be hugely beneficial, and also a huge problem
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    Mark Jordan
    Mar 10, 2023
    Does good software need to be complex?

    Does good software need to be complex?

    A lot of people tend to correlate good/robust/stable software with complexity and complicated terms that make the software sound very…
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    Omar
    Mar 8, 2023
    Me, a mentor?

    Me, a mentor?

    When first prompted about mentoring an engineer, impostor syndrome bit. How can I help awesome people working on things I don’t understand?
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    Julia Hayward
    Nov 25, 2022
    Coaching in a Flexible-Hybrid World

    Coaching in a Flexible-Hybrid World

    How is flexible-hybrid working changing my approach to coaching?
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    Gareth Bragg
    Nov 16, 2022
    Be a better coach: what I learnt from my Professional Coaching course

    Be a better coach: what I learnt from my Professional Coaching course

    Go to the profile of Chris George
    Chris George
    Oct 28, 2022
    Book Summary: Time to Think, by Nancy Kline

    Book Summary: Time to Think, by Nancy Kline

    3 Big Ideas
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    Gareth Bragg
    Oct 7, 2022
    Managers and Coaches: How do they work?

    Managers and Coaches: How do they work?

    Management at Redgate has always been a very supportive role.
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    Gareth Bragg
    Oct 5, 2022
    No evangelising required! Moving from Agile Coach to Coach

    No evangelising required! Moving from Agile Coach to Coach

    As the newest member of the Redgate Coaches team I decided I wanted to share something of what I have learned about coaching at Redgate…
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    Clare Tunstall
    Oct 3, 2022
    How to ask for help

    How to ask for help

    Mental Health Awareness Week 2022 may have passed but caring for your mental health matters all year round.
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    Gareth Bragg
    Sep 23, 2022
    Interview with Maya Malakova : Mentoring, Coaching & Confidence

    Interview with Maya Malakova : Mentoring, Coaching & Confidence

    Since joining Redgate as a Software Engineer in 2017, Maya has progressed to Tech Lead, leading engineering teams working on our Database…
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    Chris George
    Sep 6, 2022
    Book Summary: Coaching the Team at Work by David Clutterbuck

    Book Summary: Coaching the Team at Work by David Clutterbuck

    At Redgate we believe the best way to make software products is by engaging small teams empowered with clear purpose, freedom to act and a…
    Go to the profile of Gareth Bragg
    Gareth Bragg
    Aug 23, 2022
    Easy GDPR-safe exception messages with C# interpolated strings

    Easy GDPR-safe exception messages with C# interpolated strings

    How a brand new C# feature can help with safe, painless, detailed exception reporting.
    Go to the profile of Mark Jordan
    Mark Jordan
    Aug 22, 2022
    Why does Redgate Engineering have a coaching team?

    Why does Redgate Engineering have a coaching team?

    Our coaching team sits within Engineering, providing help and support to all the groups, teams, and individuals that deliver Redgate’s…
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    Chris George
    Jul 28, 2022
    .NET benchmarking and profiling for beginners

    .NET benchmarking and profiling for beginners

    The latest methods for making your code faster
    Go to the profile of Mark Jordan
    Mark Jordan
    Apr 29, 2022
    Deliberate Reteaming: 2022

    Deliberate Reteaming: 2022

    In January 2022, we undertook our fourth annual reteaming process. This post shares how we did it and the impact it had.
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    Priya Sinha
    Apr 8, 2022
    A day in the life of a junior developer at Redgate

    A day in the life of a junior developer at Redgate

    I’m a Mum in my 30s who retrained as a Software Engineer. I don’t have a STEM degree, and the first time I ever wrote a line of code was…
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    Beca Parker (she/her)
    Feb 10, 2022
    How to prepare for a product design interview

    How to prepare for a product design interview

    By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail. Make sure you get your product interview preparations right with these hints and tips.
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    Neil Turner
    Jan 7, 2022
    … something on using an online task board to support new starters

    … something on using an online task board to support new starters

    This blog post is about how I have used an online task board to support new starters. In these remote times, onboarding a new starter needs…
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    TheCodeCleaner
    Oct 21, 2021
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