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Accessing Agile Games as a Tool in Transformation and Change

This article puts the usage of Agile Games into a broader business context and introduces the steps needed to make any game a verifiable contribution to a given business objective. As “business” is a wide area of topics to be addressed, the article focuses on accessing Agile Games as a tool used within transformation and change. It provides an example that was taken from this area.

Anne Hoffmann
on Oct 03, 2022
Architecture & Design

Building & Operating High-Fidelity Data Streams

At QCon Plus 2021 last November, Sid Anand, chief architect at Datazoom and PMC Member at Apache Airflow, presented on building high-fidelity nearline data streams as a service within a lean team. In this talk, Anand provides a master class on building high-fidelity data streams from the ground up.

Sid Anand
on Sep 30, 2022
Culture & Methods

Bridging the Understanding Gap between Business and IT

The understanding gap between business and IT is one of the largest challenges to effective digital transformation. Drawing on research and their own experience, the author presents 10 practical tips to break stereotypes, build relationships, and bridge the gaps.

Marcin Gosiewski
on Sep 29, 2022
Java

Moving Kafka and Debezium to Kubernetes Using Strimzi - the GitOps Way

Deploying an Apache Kafka cluster to a Kubernetes is not an easy task. There are a lot of pieces to configure like the zookeeper, the Kafka cluster, topics, and users. Strimzi is a Kubernetes controller making the deployment process of Kafka a child game. Moreover, Strimzi lets you manage Kafka using GitOps methodology as everything is executed using a Kubernetes YAML file.

Alex Soto
on Sep 28, 2022
Culture & Methods

Moldable Development: Guiding Technical Decisions without Reading Code

Developers spend most of their time reading code. Moldable Development challenges reading as a means to gather information from the system, by creating custom tools that show the problem in a way that makes it comfortable to understand. The solution typically follows quickly afterward. Glamorous Toolkit is a moldable development environment designed to decrease the cost of custom tools.

Tudor Girba
on Sep 27, 2022
.NET

InfoQ .NET Trends Report 2022

Every year, all InfoQ editors invite seasoned developers and practitioners from the industry to discuss the current trends in the entire software development landscape. In this article, we discuss some of the .NET Trends for 2022, divided into four stages of adoption.

Arthur Casals Edin Kapić Irina Scurtu François Tanguay
on Sep 26, 2022
Culture & Methods

DevOps at Schneider: a Meaningful Journey of Engaging People into Change

Adopting DevOps at Schneider started with building a case for change. Tech people were engaged into change by organizing learning and collaboration sessions and getting feedback from the front lines. Change is hard and without leadership support, dedicated time for developers to really digest it and continual reinforcement and conversation, it will be challenging to be successful.

Amanda Heintz
on Sep 23, 2022
Java

Virtual Threads: New Foundations for High-Scale Java Applications

Virtual threads are a lightweight implementation of Java threads, delivered as a preview feature in Java 19. They dramatically reduce the effort of writing, maintaining, and observing high-throughput concurrent applications. Virtual threads breathe new life into the familiar thread-per-request style of programming, allowing it to scale with near-optimal hardware utilization.

Brian Goetz
on Sep 23, 2022
Culture & Methods

Agile Hiring: a Joint Venture between the Talent Acquisition and Product Development Teams

The demand for IT professionals is far higher than the offer. Nowadays the challenge is not just to attract and acquire, but to retain the best professionals in the sector. Let's enable dev team members to acquire and secure the best candidates for their teams and the company, collaborate with talent acquisition, and respect candidates as professionals and maintain open communication with them.

Norma Lidia Acevedo Lopez
on Sep 21, 2022
Architecture & Design

Location, Location, Location: MVA Considerations for Distributed Processing and Data

Even when designing a Minimum Viable Architecture (MVA), developers must consider resource location, especially when mobile apps are part of a distributed system. Distributing the data and processing can introduce new challenges if location is not part of the decision-making criteria.

Kurt Bittner Pierre Pureur
on Sep 19, 2022
DevOps

The Hows and Whys of Effective Production-Readiness Reviews

At QCon Plus November 2021, Nora Jones, CEO and founder of Jeli, talked about how to build production readiness reviews (PRR) with emphasis on context and psychological safety. Her talk focused on the particulars of a PRR process that relates to incidents.

Nora Jones
on Sep 15, 2022
Culture & Methods

Hidden Habits Killing Your Remote Team’s Ability to Collaborate Effectively

Some habits carried over from in-person work continue to damage collaboration and engagement for hybrid and remote teams. By not addressing these habits, teams are experiencing deteriorating morale, lack of trust and connection required for meaningful collaboration. Here are four examples of habits leaders can address today to build more connected, engaged and innovative teams.

Bryan Stallings
on Sep 14, 2022