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Quantum Shift: Rewiring the Tech Landscape

Teena Idnani explains the core concepts of quantum computing, its transformative potential across industries (pharmaceuticals, finance, etc.), and the current state of quantum technology. She addresses the threats (breaking RSA encryption) and opportunities, offering practical guidance on how software developers, architects, and engineering leaders can prepare for the coming quantum revolution.

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Architecture & Design

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Changing the Model: Why and How We Re-Architected Slack

Ian Hoffman discusses Slack's architectural evolution from workspace-centric to Unified Grid. He explains scaling challenges & Enterprise Grid complexities, and shares lessons learned during this significant architectural shift, drawing insightful parallels to the history of astronomy and emphasizing the importance of questioning foundational assumptions in software development.

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AI Infrastructure

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How Green is Green: LLMs to Understand Climate Disclosure at Scale

Leo Browning explains the journey of developing a RAG system at a climate-focused startup. He shares insights on overcoming challenges in applying LLMs to a complex domain, focusing on accuracy, auditability, and scalability. He covers the evolution of search techniques, the role of human-in-the-loop workflows, and strategies for optimizing RAG systems for real-world financial applications.

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Culture & Methods

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Taming Flaky Tests: Trisha Gee on Developer Productivity and Testing Best Practices

In this podcast, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke with Trisha Gee about the challenges and importance of addressing flaky tests, their impact on developer productivity and morale, best practices for testing, and broader concepts of measuring and improving developer productivity.

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DevOps

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Implement the EU Cyber Resilience Act's Requirements to Strengthen Your Software Project

Eddie Knight, OSPO lead at Sonatype, discusses how the EU Cyber Resilience Act can help with improving your software project’s security and in the same time to slow down the alarming acceleration of software supply chain attacks.

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Architecture & Design

Beyond Trends: A Practical Guide to Choosing the Right Message Broker

Choosing the right message broker for your application requires matching the appropriate technology with the messaging patterns needed. Message brokers can be broadly categorized as either stream-based or queue-based, each offering unique strengths and trade-offs.

Nehme Bilal
on Mar 19, 2025
Culture & Methods

Understanding Serverless: Tips and Resources for Building Servicefull Applications

There are still many misconceptions and concerns regarding serverless solutions. Vendor lock-in, tooling, cost management, cold starts, monitoring and the development lifecycle are all hot topics where serverless technologies are concerned. This article shares tips and resources to guide serverless newcomers towards building powerful, flexible and cost-effective serverless applications.

Christopher Paton
on Jul 08, 2019

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Quantum Shift: Rewiring the Tech Landscape

Changing the Model: Why and How We Re-Architected Slack

How Green is Green: LLMs to Understand Climate Disclosure at Scale

Taming Flaky Tests: Trisha Gee on Developer Productivity and Testing Best Practices

Implement the EU Cyber Resilience Act's Requirements to Strengthen Your Software Project

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Beyond Trends: A Practical Guide to Choosing the Right Message Broker

Understanding Serverless: Tips and Resources for Building Servicefull Applications

How GitHub Built Sub-Issues into Its Issue Tracking System

Compromised GitHub Action Highlights Risks in CI/CD Supply Chains

Quantum Shift: Rewiring the Tech Landscape

Architecture is Designing Knowledge Flow – Diana Montalion at Explore DDD

Changing the Model: Why and How We Re-Architected Slack

QCon London 2025: Applying Domain-Driven Design at Scale

QCon London: AI Agents Can Work Together to Make Humans Better

Taming Flaky Tests: Trisha Gee on Developer Productivity and Testing Best Practices

Learning from Embedded Software Development for the Space Shuttle and the Orion MPCV

Google DeepMind Introduces QuestBench to Evaluate LLMs in Solving Logic and Math Problems

How Green is Green: LLMs to Understand Climate Disclosure at Scale

Docker Model Runner Aims to Make it Easier to Run LLM Models Locally

Google Go Module Mirror Served Backdoor for 3+ Years

Implement the EU Cyber Resilience Act's Requirements to Strengthen Your Software Project

Google Cloud Introduces Multi-Cluster Orchestrator for Cross-Region Kubernetes Workloads

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