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Just-in-Time Project Team Right-Sizing
Just-in-Time Project Team Right-Sizing
How a microservice architecture can save you time and money on project staffing
A Solution Owner’s Introduction to Data Platform & Analytics Projects
A Solution Owner’s Introduction to Data Platform & Analytics Projects
What these projects are and how to structure them for success
A structured approach to Threat Modelling
A structured approach to Threat Modelling
Now with real-world examples!
Burning Forward
Burning Forward
On letting go and using just what we know now in our Agile planning and estimation cadence
Advanced Forecasting and Feature Engineering for Petroleum Industry Demand
Advanced Forecasting and Feature Engineering for Petroleum Industry Demand
Using time-series forecasting to accurately predict fuel demand
A Taste Test of AWS Services for the Software Quality Engineer
A Taste Test of AWS Services for the Software Quality Engineer
Six essential services for quality engineering in AWS ecosystems
Advancing the Craft with Side Projects
Advancing the Craft with Side Projects
Invest in yourself and share the dividends with fellow developers
The Web Cryptography API in Action
The Web Cryptography API in Action
Learn the basics of encryption, signing, and hashing with the Web Cryptography API
Observability-Driven Development
Observability-Driven Development
Prioritize product monitoring features and build operations-focused engineering teams on day one.
Data Privacy Stewardship
Data Privacy Stewardship
How to have your app data and analyze it, too: a guide to upholding data privacy standards and best practices for application developers.
Advantages of using static data generators in unit tests
Advantages of using static data generators in unit tests
Save data randomization and code replication for another day
My Ugly Christmas Sweater is an IoT Device
My Ugly Christmas Sweater is an IoT Device
Making merry and bright with the latest technology
Simplifying Data Validation with dbt
Simplifying Data Validation with dbt
An Overview of dbt-audit-helper
The Quality Engineering Interview
The Quality Engineering Interview
A behind-the-scenes look at how Slalom Build evaluates QE candidates
Quality Engineering Interview Questions
Quality Engineering Interview Questions
Real interview questions from real Slalom Build QE interviewers
Addressing Common Software Delivery (CI/CD) Pipeline Challenges
Addressing Common Software Delivery (CI/CD) Pipeline Challenges
How to avoid the most common pitfalls faced when implementing software delivery (CI/CD) pipelines at scale
Agile Machine Learning Product Development
Agile Machine Learning Product Development
A guide to faster ML product development with Agile
Leadership programs don’t create safe learning environments. Relationships do.
Leadership programs don’t create safe learning environments. Relationships do.
Diving into the deep water of true professional relationship building.
Data Pipeline Observability in Cloud Computing
Data Pipeline Observability in Cloud Computing
Building observability dashboards for Extract-Transform-Load (ETL) pipelines
Not Toxic Doesn’t Mean Safe. Professional Doesn’t Mean Real.
Not Toxic Doesn’t Mean Safe. Professional Doesn’t Mean Real.
How BuildU is clarifying the optimal conditions for growth.
Securing Access through Attribute based access control (ABAC) in AWS
Securing Access through Attribute based access control (ABAC) in AWS
Attribute based access control is a more advanced authorisation strategy where authorisation is based on resource and user attributes.
Why a Platform Engineer should lead your DevOps transformation
Why a Platform Engineer should lead your DevOps transformation
DevOps transformations are cultural transformations.
