InfoQ Homepage Interviews
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Nico Bevacqua on Writing Modular JavaScript
In this interview, Nicolas Bevacqua talks about how he initially got into programming professionally as a DotNet developer and how he eventually made the transition to focusing primarily on Node.js development. He discusses his passion for writing open source projects for the JavaScript developer community and some of the projects that he is most passionate about.
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Roy Rapoport on Canary Analysis at Netflix
Roy Rapoport explains the concept of canary analysis and how Netflix uses it to deploy software to its internal systems.
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Mark Levison on the Magic and Science of Teams
Mark talks about what it takes to enable high-performing teams, the importance of stable teams, the value of cohesiveness, how the placement of water coolers and layout of lunch tables make a difference to team performance and how to overcome obstacles imposed by distance.
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Ashley Puls on the How and Why of Java Bytecode Manipulation
Ashley Puls explains Java bytecode manipulation: reasons for manipulating bytecode, libraries that help, how NewRelic is using it, and more.
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Karl Scotland introduces the Kanban Canvas
Karl Scotland introduces the Kanban Canvas – a sheet he has designed to be printed on A0 paper and used to collaboratively explore a kanban system. The canvas is built around the heuristics and related questions, with the goal being to co-create a system design by exploring and answering the questions. The Kanban Canvas can be downloaded here
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Gil Broza on the Human Side of Agile Management
At Agile 2014 Gil Broza spoke about what servant leadership really means, getting past the buzzwords to practical advice for managers and leaders on how to empower teams and individuals. He also previewed his upcoming book on the Agile Mindset.
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Tim Ward introduces the OSGi Promises specification
The OSGi Alliance is working on a Promises specification which will provide CompletableFutures that can run all the way back to Java 1.4. Tim explains why this is of benefit and how it compares to Java 8, along with where you can find out more information about the project and how it can be used both inside and outside an OSGi framework.
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Ines Sombra on Data Services at Engine Yard
Engine Yard's Ines Sombra discusses state management in the cloud in general, and specific data stores including MySQL, Postgres and some NoSQL alternatives. She also explains why the pets and cattle analogy doesn't work for her, and what need to be done in organisations with respect to trusting people and trusting the infrastructure.
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Jeff Sutherland on Scrum Beyond IT and his New Book
Jeff Sutherland talks about some of the ideas behind Scrum and discusses his new book which takes Scrum ideas outside of IT into the larger business world. He explains the importance of management setting compelling goals and tapping into what really motivates people.
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Sally Elatta on Creating Sustainable Healthy Teams and Agility Health Check
At Agile 2014 Sally spoke about what it takes to form healthy sustainable high-performing teams, the organizational culture that is needed to nurture self-organization and a new tool for team and organization health checks.
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Craig Motlin Talks to InfoQ about the Origins and Benefits of GS Collections
Craig Motlin, technical lead of the GS Collections project, talks about where GS Collections came from, how it compares with other collections libraries, and what influence it had on Java 8. He describes the different philosophy of GS Collections as compared to other collections libraries, and what benefits open-sourcing the internal library has had
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Gilad Bracha on How to Make Javascript and the Web a Good Compilation Target
Gilad Bracha explains what Javascript needs to become a good compilation target for a wide variety of languages, live programming, FRP, and much more.
