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Java

A First Look at Java Inline Classes

Java currently supports only two types of value: primitives and object references. Project Valhalla extends this by introducing inline classes which are a new form of type that exhibit some behaviors of both. These new types open the door to better alignment with modern CPUs and considerable potential performance improvements for Java applications.

Ben Evans
on Oct 17, 2019
Culture & Methods

Velocity and Better Metrics: Q&A with Doc Norton

Velocity is not good for predictions or diagnostics, argued Doc Norton at Experience Agile 2019. It's a lagging indicator of a complex system which is too volatile to know what our future performance will be; it isn’t stable enough to be used reliably. We can use Monte Carlo simulation for forecasting, and cumulative flow diagrams to track work, see changes in scope, and spot bottlenecks.

Ben Linders Doc Norton
on Oct 16, 2019
Architecture & Design

Three Major Cybersecurity Pain Points to Address for Improved Threat Defense

Three pain points every company must address when addressing cybersecurity include threat volume and complexity, a growing cybersecurity skills gap, and the need for threat prioritization. This article describes each of these in some detail, and includes recommendations for corporations to deal with them.

Jonathan Zhang
on Oct 15, 2019
Culture & Methods

Q&A on the Book Real-World Bug Hunting

The book Real-World Bug Hunting by Peter Yaworski is a field guide to finding software vulnerabilities. It explains what ethical hacking is, explores common vulnerability types, explains how to find them, and provides suggestions for reporting bugs while getting paid for doing so.

Ben Linders Peter Yaworski
on Oct 14, 2019
Culture & Methods

Q&A on the Book Impact: 21st Century Change Management, Behavioral Science, and the Future of Work

The book Impact by Paul Gibbons explores how to lead and manage change in the 21st century to support digital transformations while taking the needs of millennials and Gen Z into account. It describes how we can humanize change and use pull models and dialogs to support behavior change.

Ben Linders Paul Gibbons
on Oct 11, 2019
.NET

Using C# 8 and Nullable Reference Types in .NET Framework

While parts of C# 8 will never be supported in .NET Framework, the Nullable Reference Types can be turned on if you know the tricks.

Jonathan Allen
on Oct 10, 2019
Culture & Methods

Author Q&A on the Book Software Estimation Without Guessing

George Dinwiddie has written a book titled Software Estimation without Guessing: Effective Planning in an Imperfect World. The book discusses different approaches to estimation for software products, the ways they can go wrong and be misused, and when to use them

Shane Hastie George Dinwiddie
on Oct 09, 2019
AI, ML & Data Engineering

Building Intelligent Conversational Interfaces

Authors discuss how to build intelligent conversational applications and skills using the conversational AI technology and its three components: interaction flow, natural language understanding (NLU) and deployment.

Kaushik Rangadurai Mitul Tiwari
on Oct 08, 2019
Culture & Methods

Liberating Structures - an Antidote to Zombie Scrum

Although many organizations use Scrum, the majority struggle to grasp both the purpose of Scrum as well as its benefits. They do Zombie Scrum; it looks like Scrum from a distance, but you see that things are amiss when moving closer. This article describes what Zombie Scrum is about and gives you tangible examples of how to recognize, treat and prevent Zombie Scrum by using Liberating Structures.

Barry Overeem Johannes Schartau Christiaan Verwijs
on Oct 07, 2019
Cloud

Improving Security Practices in the Cloud Age: Q&A With Christopher Gerg

IT leaders say that security is a top priority. Surveys show that it’s easy to say, and hard to do. InfoQ spoke with Christopher Gerg, CISO at Gillware, about security practices in the cloud age.

Richard Seroter
on Oct 05, 2019
Culture & Methods

Agile Coaching Around Conflict Management

Conflicts are not bad, it is the way we handle them that makes a difference. In a healthy team environment conflict can be a catalyst for creativity and innovation . A coach is not responsible for resolving conflict, the help the team keep conflict healthy and provide guidance and tools which enable positive outcomes

Deepti Sinha
on Oct 04, 2019
.NET

Using the .Net Core Template Engine to Create Custom Templates and Projects

The tooling story changed dramatically with .NET Core, because of its serious emphasis on the command line. This is a great fit for .NET Core's cross-platform, tooling-agnostic image.

Matt Ellis
on Oct 03, 2019