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Rust Reviewed: the Current Trends and Pitfalls of the Ecosystem

In this article, we share findings and insights about the Rust community and ecosystem and elaborate on the peculiarities and pitfalls of starting new projects with Rust or migrating to Rust from other languages.

Vitaly Bragilevsky
on May 17, 2023
Culture & Methods

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.

Abi Noda
on May 16, 2023
Cloud

Magic Pocket: Dropbox’s Exabyte-Scale Blob Storage System

A horizontally scalable exabyte-scale blob storage system which operates out of multiple regions, Magic Pocket is used to store all of Dropbox’s data. Adopting SMR technology and erasure codes, the system has extremely high durability guarantees but is cheaper than operating in the cloud.

Facundo Agriel
on May 15, 2023
Culture & Methods

Start Your Architecture Modernization with Domain-Driven Discovery

Successful projects start with robust discovery. What if your project is modernizing your tangled old legacy system or migrating all your workloads to the cloud? This article presents a guided approach to starting your next architecture modernization project with a Domain-Driven Discovery (DDD), illustrated with a medical supply company that is migrating its core systems to the cloud.

Ryan Shriver
on May 12, 2023
Development

Relearning C++ after C++11

C++ is an old but evolving language. It has been around for a long time, but has changed significantly, particularly since 2011. In this article, we will review a few of its most compelling new features, including ranges, lambdas, range-based for loops, and move semantics, all by practising with a vector.

Frances Buontempo
on May 10, 2023
Culture & Methods

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.

Kristen Tronsky
on May 09, 2023
Architecture & Design

Banking on Thousands of Microservices

Lessons learned building a banking platform, starting from technological choices like using Cassandra and Kubernetes in the early days to maintain the speed of execution through platform engineering and developer experience. With some mistakes and incidents along the way.

Suhail Patel
on May 08, 2023
.NET

ASP.NET SPA Templates Proxy Changes from .NET 5 to .NET 6, .NET 7, and on

From .NET 6 the communication between front-end Single Page Applications (SPA) in ASP.NET and back-end .NET API was changed, with the SPA templates using the front end’s proxy solutions. A proxy for the development servers enables readable and debuggable code for both the front and back end, with the new approach resulting in a more independent back end.

Tamás-Márk Furó
on May 04, 2023
DevOps

AIOps: Site Reliability Engineering at Scale

AIOps can simplify and streamline processes which can reduce the mental burden on employees while improving communication and collaboration between departments.

Dominick Blue
on May 02, 2023
Culture & Methods

Making Time for Our Mental Health and Well-Being within the Hybrid / Remote Workplace

So often, well-intended hybrid/remote organisations and leaders will focus on surface level mental health/well-being support initiatives. This article will highlight the importance of addressing this important topic from a holistic perspective, addressing systemic processes and policies to ensure they have the “whole person” in mind.

Helen Bartimote
on May 01, 2023
DevOps

How Not to Use the DORA Metrics to Measure DevOps Performance

The DORA metrics are the de facto measuring stick but they can be used incorrectly and drive poor behavior and performance. When using any metrics, a strong focus on the end goal must be maintained.

David Rant
on Apr 28, 2023
Culture & Methods

Respect. Support. Connect. The Manager’s Role in Building a Great Remote Team

As managers, we face challenges in terms of needs, accessibility, gender, nationalities, and other conditions that influence our teams and working environments. We cannot build projects based on Excel sheets only, not considering peoples’ preferences and options for personal growth. We need to see real people – even if we meet them in a virtual working environment only.

Kinga Witko
on Apr 26, 2023