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Software platforms: DIY vs. buying it
7 mins
Episode 01
Article
Software platforms: DIY vs. buying it
Dawn
Parzych
To build, or to buy, that is the question
7 mins
Episode 02
Article
To build, or to buy, that is the question
Wouter
Van Geluwe
Abandoning the build: when investing is the only way to scale
10 mins
Episode 03
Article
Abandoning the build: when investing is the only way to scale
Josh
Barr
The long tail of product features
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7 mins
Episode 04
Article
The long tail of product features
Arjen
de Ruiter
Ten things you need to know before making a build vs. buy decision
+1 more
10 mins
Episode 05
Article
Ten things you need to know before making a build vs. buy decision
Dawn
Parzych
Douglas
Ferguson
Addressing the challenges of build vs. buy
+1 more
12 mins
Episode 06
Article
Addressing the challenges of build vs. buy
Dawn
Parzych
Douglas
Ferguson
Episode 07
Video
Weighing up the pros and cons of build vs buy
45 mins
Learnings from 'Weighing up the pros and cons of build vs. buy'
5 mins
Episode 08
Article
Learnings from 'Weighing up the pros and cons of build vs. buy'
Ellie
Spencer-Failes
Related
30 Apr 2019
Video
Using observability to detangle and understand production
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Liz
Fong-Jones
30 Apr 2019
Video
Documenting and communicating architectural decisions
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David
Ayers
30 Apr 2019
Video
The future of cross-platform is native
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Justin
Mancinelli
30 Apr 2019
Video
Breaking down our understanding of system resilience
Will
Gallego
30 Apr 2019
Video
Principles for managing product quality
Kwame
Thomison
30 Apr 2019
Video
Designing software to maximize developer productivity
Kirsten
Westeinde
12 Jun 2019
Video
Navigating front-end architecture like a Neopian
Julia
Nguyen
12 Jun 2019
Video
Shor's algorithm and how to avoid oncoming catastrophes
James
Birnie
12 Jun 2019
Video
Building a culture of security for your infrastructure teams
Franklin
Hu
12 Jun 2019
Video
Mobile development 10 years on: native vs. cross-platform
Miriam
Busch
11 Jun 2019
Video
Rejecting the black box: examining the implications and practicalities of testing AI
Angie
Jones
11 Jun 2019
Video
Identifying and articulating the role of AI in your software design process
Ronald
Ashri
11 Jun 2019
Video
The possibility of AI-powered Javascript apps
Asim
Hussain
08 Nov 2019
Video
The benefits of delivering imperfect software
Stevi
Deter
08 Nov 2019
Video
Introduction to functional programming
Manju
Vijayakumar
08 Nov 2019
Video
Using an 'architectural North Star' to align your engineering team with your organization
Hanjie
Ji
06 Dec 2019
Video
Handling security issues as an engineering team
Markus
Holtermann
06 Dec 2019
Video
Lessons for frontend development at scale
Hannes
Obweger
Scaling at the speed of COVID-19: lessons from the front lines of virtual healthcare
8 mins
10 Aug 2020
Article
Scaling at the speed of COVID-19: lessons from the front lines of virtual healthcare
Stevi
Deter
The Boring Stack
7 mins
10 Aug 2020
Article
The Boring Stack
Nolan
Frausto
The problem with "the platform"
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11 mins
17 Aug 2020
Article
The problem with "the platform"
Kevin
Stewart
How demand shaping can reduce the carbon cost of our applications
6 mins
20 Aug 2020
Article
How demand shaping can reduce the carbon cost of our applications
Asim
Hussain
12 Aug 2020
Video
How simplifying software can save your engineering teams' time
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Waheed
El Miladi
12 Aug 2020
Video
Changing attitudes toward legacy code
Nelida
Velazquez
Jack
Franklin
12 Aug 2020
Video
Living without pre-production environments
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Nicky
Wrightson
12 Aug 2020
Video
Supporting employees through redundancies and business closures
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Nebojša
Miletić
Hypothesis-driven development
7 mins
26 Aug 2020
Article
Hypothesis-driven development
Rod
Begbie
01 Sep 2020
Video
Better Allies: Karen Catlin in conversation
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Karen
Catlin
Suzan
Bond
A primer on engineering delivery metrics
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13 mins
10 Sep 2020
Article
A primer on engineering delivery metrics
Juan Pablo
Buriticá
Accessibility from the start
4 mins
29 Sep 2020
Article
Accessibility from the start
Diana
Macias
How to adapt your UI testing strategy to your product's stage
12 mins
14 Oct 2020
Article
How to adapt your UI testing strategy to your product's stage
Santiago
Esteva
04 Nov 2020
Video
Working in public: Nadia Eghbal in conversation
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Nadia
Eghbal
Suzan
Bond
Writing accessible code
5 mins
12 Nov 2020
Article
Writing accessible code
Julia
Ferraioli
How to unify speed and quality in software engineering
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9 mins
19 Nov 2020
Article
How to unify speed and quality in software engineering
Mike
San Román
Scaling held knowledge to unblock teams and untangle software complexity
7 mins
26 Nov 2020
Article
Scaling held knowledge to unblock teams and untangle software complexity
Ben
Picolo
Learnings from 'Managing complexity at scale'
3 mins
28 Jan 2021
Article
Learnings from 'Managing complexity at scale'
Ellie
Spencer-Failes
Measuring app stability to reduce technical debt
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5 mins
14 Dec 2020
Article
Measuring app stability to reduce technical debt
James
Smith
Building realistic roadmaps for tech debt cleanup
7 mins
04 Jan 2021
Article
Building realistic roadmaps for tech debt cleanup
Scott
Triglia
20 Jan 2021
Video
Evaluating when it’s time to tackle technical debt
Maude
Lemaire
Rodney
Cobb
Learnings from 'Tackling technical debt'
3 mins
01 Feb 2021
Article
Learnings from 'Tackling technical debt'
Ellie
Spencer-Failes
Implementing a plan to clean up technical debt
4 mins
30 Nov 2020
Article
Implementing a plan to clean up technical debt
Reggie
Davis
Achieving speed and quality without sacrifice in engineering
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7 mins
17 Dec 2020
Article
Achieving speed and quality without sacrifice in engineering
Reuben
Sutton
Learnings from 'Maintaining speed while minimizing risk'
4 mins
07 Jan 2021
Article
Learnings from 'Maintaining speed while minimizing risk'
Ellie
Spencer-Failes
Getting GitOps right
10 mins
08 Jan 2021
Article
Getting GitOps right
Larry
Garfield
Delivering frontend experiences safely and continuously
6 mins
18 Jan 2021
Article
Delivering frontend experiences safely and continuously
Nadia
Makarevich
Gathering requirements: techniques for building a solid backlog
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7 mins
19 Jan 2021
Article
Gathering requirements: techniques for building a solid backlog
Terrance
Smith
Embracing simplicity in your engineering team
7 mins
21 Jan 2021
Article
Embracing simplicity in your engineering team
Guilherme
Ferreira
21 Jan 2021
Video
Streamlining the management of multiple websites and apps
Robert
Douglass
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Peter
Scheipl
ICON Framework: Creating Value From Machine Learning
11 mins
25 Jan 2021
Video
ICON Framework: Creating Value From Machine Learning
Banjo
Obayomi
A tour of decisions in event-driven architecture
15 mins
25 Jan 2021
Video
A tour of decisions in event-driven architecture
Duana
Stanley
What VCs want us to know as technical leaders
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+2 more
40 mins
25 Jan 2021
Video
What VCs want us to know as technical leaders
Meri
Williams
Eileen
Burbidge
Creating, defining, and refining an effective tech strategy
+3 more
45 mins
25 Jan 2021
Video
Creating, defining, and refining an effective tech strategy
Anna
Shipman
Randy
Shoup
27 Jun 2018
Video
The Container Operator's Manual
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Alice
Goldfuss
27 Jun 2018
Video
Developing Single Page Apps in mid-sized companies
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Jim
Newberry
27 Jun 2018
Video
Legacy code: Big Rewrite or Progressive Rejuvenation?
Uberto
Barbini
27 Jun 2018
Video
Strategies to Edit Production Data
Julie
Qiu
27 Jun 2018
Video
An intro to functional programming
Marek
Rogala
24 Apr 2018
Video
Improving Reliability with Error Budgets and Site Reliability Engineering
Liz
Fong-Jones
24 Apr 2018
Video
Better Incident Management to Reduce MTTR
Beth
Long
24 Apr 2018
Video
Creating Architecture and Teams at Less-than-Google Scale
Sam
Kitajima-Kimbrel
24 Apr 2018
Video
Everything You Need to Know About OpenAPI 3.0 in Ten Minutes or Less
Erin
McKean
21 Mar 2018
Video
Planning, executing, and landing refactoring
Maude
Lemaire
06 Dec 2018
Video
Vault and Security as a Service
Patrick
Shields
06 Dec 2016
Video
Building Tech for the Non-Technical
Laurie
Barth
06 Dec 2018
Video
Case studies in building microservices
Karl
Hughes
06 Dec 2018
Video
Intro to test-driven development
Jaime
Lopez Jr
06 Dec 2018
Video
Dealing with deprecated codebases
Heidi
Waterhouse
21 Feb 2017
Video
How to build a fully serverless application
Steve
Faulkner
21 Feb 2017
Video
Creating observable microservices
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Maria
Gomez
21 Feb 2017
Video
The challenges and rewards of distributed teams
Maria
Gutierrez
Glenn
Vanderburg
21 Feb 2017
Video
What engineering leaders need to know about blockchain
Arushi
Srivastava
08 Jun 2017
Video
Starting, executing, and landing big rewrites
Sabrina
Leandro
23 Jun 2016
Video
The journey from monolith to microservices
Mike
Gehard
23 Jun 2016
Video
Writing Modular CSS with CSS modules
Katie
Fenn
23 Jun 2016
Video
Telling stories through your commits
Joel
Chippindale
23 Jun 2016
Video
The importance of pragmatism when building and maintaining systems
Sam
Lambert
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11 Sep 2015
Video
The technical journey to microservices
Russ
Miles
11 Sep 2015
Video
Building replicable dev environments with Docker
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Graham
Gilchrist
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Cheerful deployments with CI/CD pipelines
7 mins
01 Feb 2021
Article
Cheerful deployments with CI/CD pipelines
Ambreen
Sheikh
Investing in your accessibility workflow
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25 mins
07 Apr 2020
Video
Investing in your accessibility workflow
Yuraima
Estevez
Avoiding the pitfalls of rebuilding software
+2 more
44 mins
07 Apr 2020
Video
Avoiding the pitfalls of rebuilding software
Jai
Chakrabarti
Bryan
Liles
Tradeoffs on the road to observability
27 mins
07 Apr 2020
Video
Tradeoffs on the road to observability
Liz
Fong-Jones
Conversations you need to have before moving from monoliths to microservices
7 mins
09 Feb 2021
Article
Conversations you need to have before moving from monoliths to microservices
Michael
Winslow
Avoiding “shiny object” syndrome when building software
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36 mins
07 Apr 2020
Video
Avoiding “shiny object” syndrome when building software
Angel
Rivera
Building and conveying vision
+2 more
45 mins
07 Apr 2020
Video
Building and conveying vision
Kevin
Goldsmith
Neha
Batra
01 Feb 2021
Video
Creating technology products that your customers love
Marty
Cagan
Suzan
Bond
Managing technical risk
5 mins
12 Feb 2021
Article
Managing technical risk
Kevin
Stewart
Four key metrics for measuring DevOps success
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6 mins
15 Feb 2021
Article
Four key metrics for measuring DevOps success
Ron
Powell
Measuring and improving the efficiency of software delivery
5 mins
15 Feb 2021
Article
Measuring and improving the efficiency of software delivery
Siva
Dosapati
Siva
Hota
Carbon proxies: measuring the greenness of your application
12 mins
16 Feb 2021
Article
Carbon proxies: measuring the greenness of your application
Asim
Hussain
Five ways data make engineering teams stronger
12 mins
08 Mar 2021
Article
Five ways data make engineering teams stronger
Jeremy
Morgan
Traps on the Path to Microservices
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22 mins
24 Apr 2018
Video
Traps on the Path to Microservices
George
Woskob
Traps on the Path to Microservices
22 mins
24 Apr 2018
Video
Traps on the Path to Microservices
George
Woskob
Universal Apps: Architecture for the Modern Web
10 mins
24 Apr 2018
Video
Universal Apps: Architecture for the Modern Web
Elyse
Kolker Gordon
How to fix a terrible on-call system
9 mins
08 Apr 2021
Article
How to fix a terrible on-call system
Molly
Struve
Designing for money and happiness in large-scale open source
5 mins
31 Mar 2021
Article
Designing for money and happiness in large-scale open source
Ted
Young
The thin line between technology advocacy and ideology
5 mins
16 Apr 2021
Article
The thin line between technology advocacy and ideology
Kevin
Stewart
The migration trap in software engineering
6 mins
22 Apr 2021
Article
The migration trap in software engineering
Jai
Chakrabarti
22 Apr 2021
Video
Strategies for inclusive product design
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Annie
Jean-Baptiste
Suzan
Bond
28 Apr 2021
Video
Carving a modern engineering org out of an enterprise
Rich
Dixon
Aubrey
Stearn
Living with legacy: landing boring change smoothly
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7 mins
10 Jun 2021
Article
Living with legacy: landing boring change smoothly
Natalie
Parker
Driving inclusion with explainable artificial intelligence
4 mins
06 May 2021
Article
Driving inclusion with explainable artificial intelligence
Carla
Vieira
Reliability and more: preventing a crisis in engineering production
5 mins
02 Jun 2021
Article
Reliability and more: preventing a crisis in engineering production
Ricardo
Aravena
Accelerating the journey from monolith to microservices
5 mins
08 Jun 2021
Article
Accelerating the journey from monolith to microservices
Jamie
Beaumont
08 Jun 2021
Video
Fostering a sustainable scaling strategy
Yony
Feng
Cal
Henderson
Serverless is the new LAMP stack
5 mins
18 Jun 2021
Article
Serverless is the new LAMP stack
Kevin
Stewart
25 Jun 2021
Video
Laying the foundations for a successful build
Reggie
Davis
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Jennifer
Voss
25 Jun 2021
Video
Sourcing the perfect product for your team
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Andrea
Corey
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Cisco
Vila
25 Jun 2021
Video
Best practice for seamless product integration
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Leemay
Nassery
Silvia
Botros
A terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad day at Slack
7 mins
24 Jun 2021
Article
A terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad day at Slack
Laura
Nolan
When planning long-term, favor accuracy over precision
6 mins
01 Jul 2021
Article
When planning long-term, favor accuracy over precision
Camille
Fournier
Making ‘Big Changes’ Successfully
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6 mins
08 Jul 2021
Article
Making ‘Big Changes’ Successfully
Pat
Kua
Building a successful and sustainable CI/CD pipeline
+3 more
50 mins
05 Aug 2021
Video
Building a successful and sustainable CI/CD pipeline
Tiffany
Jachja
Eric
Rabinovich
Getting your engineers on board with observability
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+3 more
47 mins
05 Aug 2021
Video
Getting your engineers on board with observability
Thom
Duran
Tiani
Jones
Scaling engineering in tough times
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7 mins
19 Aug 2021
Article
Scaling engineering in tough times
Tim
Howes
Outages are coming for you
10 mins
19 Aug 2021
Article
Outages are coming for you
Matthew
Hawthorne
Building security into your engineering workflow
+3 more
47 mins
01 Sep 2021
Video
Building security into your engineering workflow
Nimisha
Asthagiri
Sherif
Koussa
Learnings from 'Carving a modern engineering org out of an enterprise’
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8 mins
22 Sep 2021
Article
Learnings from 'Carving a modern engineering org out of an enterprise’
Ella
Morrish
How low (level) can you go
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22 Oct 2021
Conference session
How low (level) can you go
André
Henry
Executing and evaluating a technical strategy at scale
13 mins
25 Oct 2021
Article
Executing and evaluating a technical strategy at scale
Smruti
Patel
Using Open Source safely and effectively
+3 more
45 mins
22 Dec 2021
Video
Using Open Source safely and effectively
Jigyasa
Grover
Joe
Sepi
Top 10 ideas to take into 2022
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8 mins
13 Jan 2022
Article
Top 10 ideas to take into 2022
Ishaan
Singh
How to build software that’s ready for the handoff
7 mins
08 Feb 2022
Article
How to build software that’s ready for the handoff
Gina
Trapani
The principles and habits of healthy software
14 mins
09 Feb 2022
Article
The principles and habits of healthy software
Nahuel
Garbezza
How to manage toil as you scale
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+3 more
45mins
09 Mar 2022
Video
How to manage toil as you scale
Dileshni
Jayasinghe
Alex
Hidalgo
How technologists can reduce our ecological footprint
20 mins
22 Mar 2022
Article
How technologists can reduce our ecological footprint
Liz
Fong-Jones
Four ways to empower your team through data
5 mins
04 Apr 2022
Article
Four ways to empower your team through data
Hillary
Nussbaum
How to empower your open source users and contributors
8 mins
04 Apr 2022
Article
How to empower your open source users and contributors
Julia
Ferraioli
Four things you need to know from ‘Using open source safely and effectively’
4 mins
05 Apr 2022
Article
Four things you need to know from ‘Using open source safely and effectively’
Ella
Morrish
How to redesign your architecture to reduce technical debt
8 mins
11 May 2022
Article
How to redesign your architecture to reduce technical debt
Patrick
LaRoche
How to make your team fall in love with legacy code
10 mins
01 Jun 2022
Article
How to make your team fall in love with legacy code
Uberto
Barbini
Five ways to care for your open source contributors
10 mins
06 Jun 2022
Article
Five ways to care for your open source contributors
Julia
Ferraioli
How to break the cycle of tech debt
6 mins
14 Jun 2022
Article
How to break the cycle of tech debt
Cassidy
Williams
How to estimate and communicate timelines when building software
14 mins
14 Jun 2022
Article
How to estimate and communicate timelines when building software
Gina
Trapani
Introducing quality ratchets: A tool for managing complex systems
10 mins
04 Jul 2022
Article
Introducing quality ratchets: A tool for managing complex systems
Kevin
Ball
How Eve Online uses observability to ease migrations
27 Jul 2022
Article
How Eve Online uses observability to ease migrations
Liz
Fong-Jones
How to refactor legacy systems by creating application seams
6 mins
02 Aug 2022
Article
How to refactor legacy systems by creating application seams
Kevin
Ball
Introducing AIOps: The new trend for repairing software issues
9 mins
03 Aug 2022
Article
Introducing AIOps: The new trend for repairing software issues
Tom
Fisher
How to get engineering teams on board with accessibility
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11 mins
06 Sep 2022
Article
How to get engineering teams on board with accessibility
Laveena
Ramchandani
What is tech debt and how can you explain it to non-technical peers?
5 mins
20 Sep 2022
Article
What is tech debt and how can you explain it to non-technical peers?
Leslie
Chapman
Ways your teams can (realistically) prioritize code quality
+3 more
45 mins.
08 Nov 2022
Video
Ways your teams can (realistically) prioritize code quality
Joel
Chippindale
Eleanor
Saitta
The five stages of digital maturity
6 mins
31 Oct 2022
Article
The five stages of digital maturity
Jonathan
Rende
Fixing broken windows: How to deal with legacy systems
6 mins
02 Nov 2022
Article
Fixing broken windows: How to deal with legacy systems
Dmitry
Vinnik
Switching cloud infrastructure solutions? Follow these three steps.
4 mins
02 Nov 2022
Article
Switching cloud infrastructure solutions? Follow these three steps.
Chad
Carlson
A guide to measuring and improving code quality
9 mins
09 Nov 2022
Article
A guide to measuring and improving code quality
Mike
San Román
How to bring order to chaos engineering
16 mins
14 Nov 2022
Article
How to bring order to chaos engineering
Liz
Fong-Jones
Five reasons you shouldn’t rewrite that code
5 mins
21 Nov 2022
Article
Five reasons you shouldn’t rewrite that code
Camille
Fournier
The four pillars of code health
7 mins
30 Nov 2022
Article
The four pillars of code health
Sanket
Saurav
The workflow metrics that make elite dev teams
4 mins
20 Dec 2022
Article
The workflow metrics that make elite dev teams
Dan
Lines
Using cooperative gaming to drive positive engineering change
4 mins
17 Jan 2023
Article
Using cooperative gaming to drive positive engineering change
Code
Climate
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