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Building Better Platforms with Empathy: Case Studies and Counter-Examples
Scaling platform development often means absorbing cognitive burdens, but empathy is key. Understanding users beyond their immediate issues leads to better solutions. Platforms help manage growth's complexity, but a product mindset with user-centricity is vital. In his talk at QCon San Francisco 2023, David Stenglein expanded on cultivating empathy through open communication.
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Curating Developer Experience: Practical Insights from Building a Platform Team
As a platform engineer, how do you help your customers go quicker, which aspects of developer experience should you care about and what do you actually do to curate an experience for them? This article is about curating a developer experience, it shares experiences and learnings from implementing DevEx and ideas on what platform engineers can do for development teams that use platforms.
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Platform as a Runtime - the Next Step in Platform Engineering
As systems become larger and more complex we need to take the concepts of platform engineering to a higher level – to the code level – by creating platforms and abstractions that will reduce cognitive load, help simplify and accelerate software development, and allow for easy maintenance and upgrades to the platform. Let’s move from “platform” to “Platform as a Runtime”.
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DevEx, a New Metrics Framework from the Authors of SPACE
Researchers behind DORA and SPACE have published a new measurement framework for improving developer productivity. This article includes a summary of the paper’s key points along with commentary from the lead author.
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Radical Transparency: How a Strong Startup Culture can Deliver Success
People and culture teams walk a tightrope balancing workforce demands and culture. Through radical transparency, companies can live their core values across their entire business, cultivating trust and co-ownership among the workforce. This article outlines a vision for Radical Transparency to build strong, sustainable workplace cultures for remote or onsite teams.
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Step One to Successfully Building Your Platform: Building It Together
You may feel that investing in an internal platform is a win, but the business may need more convincing. This article covers how to frame your case in a way that the business can understand and support.
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Platform Engineering 101: What You Need to Know about This Hot New Trend
Platform engineering is a current hot topic with a rapidly growing tooling ecosystem and landscape. This article reviews many of the important trends in platform engineering.
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Lessons Learned from Enterprise Usage of GitHub Actions
GitHub Actions is an effective CI tool. However, integrating it into enterprise organizations can be challenging. This article looks at best practices for GitHub Actions in the enterprise.
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Driving Employee Retention and Performance through Recruiting
With employee turnover expected to reach all-time highs, improving retention must start with a recruiting approach that connects meaning, and a mission, to each position and for every candidate. Recruiting expert Shannon Pritchett shares how organizations can improve future tenure through the recruiting experience, with technology and insight to impact candidate selection, outreach, and nurturing.
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How Behaviour-Driven Development Helps Those with Sleep Disorders Contribute Effectively
Invisible illnesses, including sleep disorders, are prevalent in the workplace. Teams that are open and accepting of those with sleep disorders benefit in their planning accuracy and quality practice from diverse viewpoints. An open and welcoming team culture plays a large part in helping team members overcome challenges.
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The Challenge of Cognitive Load in Platform Engineering: a Discussion with Paula Kennedy
In a recent article, Paula Kennedy shared her thoughts on the ever-increasing cognitive load being saddled onto development teams. Although platform engineering is touted as a solution to this challenge, a poorly designed platform will increase the cognitive burden on developers utilizing it. We must also be careful that we are not just transferring that cognitive load onto the platform teams.
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The Battle for Talent Can Be Won with Employee Recognition
In response to retaining high performers during an impending recession, employers need to prioritize giving employees recognition to increase retention and engagement. This article explores the power of recognition, what makes recognition meaningful, and how companies can create a culture of recognition in their workplace.