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Easy Implementation of GDPR with Aspect Oriented Programming
GDPR compliance should be a default feature in every application that handles PII (Personally Identifiable Information). Most organizations have an impression that GDPR is a luxury feature that needs special tools to implement. But, we can see that the frameworks and design patterns we already use in our everyday development can very well be used to implement the GDPR rules.
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Data-Driven Decision Making - Software Delivery Performance Indicators at Different Granularities
Optimizing a software delivery organization is not a straightforward process standardized in the software industry. Getting the organization to analyze the data and act on it is a difficult undertaking. This article presents insights into how a socio-technical framework for optimizing a software delivery organization has been set up and brought to the point of regular use.
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API Design Reviews Are Dead. Long Live API Design Reviews!
To design APIs at scale, it takes deliberate effort to create consistency and make several discrete APIs feel like a platform. This requires an efficient and useful API design review process.
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Learning eBPF for Better Observability
This article shares insights into learning eBPF as a new cloud-native technology which aims to improve Observability and Security workflows. Learn how to practice using the tools, and dive into your own development. Iterate on your knowledge step-by-step, and follow-up with more advanced use cases later.
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[R]Evolutionize Your Retrospectives with Active Sensemaking
High-quality retrospecting involves embracing unique individual experiences, acknowledging human limitations and biases, and sharing context-rich anecdotes through storytelling within and beyond team boundaries. This article explores how Active Sensemaking can prevent tension or apathy and foster a more productive and harmonious team environment.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.