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Stanford AI Index, Amazon EKS 1.22, BBC Serverless, Systems Programmers, JReleaser 1.0, Quarkus, React 18, Lyft's In-App Messaging, Software Architecture, Psychological Safety

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Randy Shoup on Creating High-Performance Cultures

In this podcast, Shane Hastie, lead editor for culture & methods, spoke to Randy Shoup, VP of Engineering at WeWork, about what is needed to create a high-performance culture. (Podcast)

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Culture & Methods Trends Report 2022 Part 2

This is the second part of the Culture & Methods trend report for 2022 where Shane Hastie spoke to Shaaron Alvares who was not able to join us for the first recording to explore what she has seen over the last year and the trends she sees going forward. (Podcast)

TOP AI, ML & Data Engineering NEWS HEADLINES

  1. Microsoft Introduces Open Data for Social Impact Framework

Stanford University Publishes AI Index 2022 Annual Report

Stanford University’s Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI) has published its 2022 AI Index annual report. The report identifies top trends in AI, including advances in technical achievements, a sharp increase in private investment, and increasing attention on ethical issues. (News)

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TOP DevOps NEWS HEADLINES

  1. Amazon EKS Announces Support for Kubernetes 1.22

CircleCI Report Finds Successful Software Teams are Larger and Test Extensively

CircleCI - a continuous integration and continuous delivery platform - has released the findings from their 2022 State of Software Delivery Report. The report reveals that the most successful software delivery teams are larger, use extensive testing, and prioritise being ready to deploy. (News)

TOP Cloud NEWS HEADLINES

  1. AWS Firewall Manager Supports Palo Alto Networks Cloud Next Generation Firewalls

  2. BBC New Serverless Platform Improves Scalability and Performance

  3. AWS Increases the Availability and Reliability of Amazon EventBridge with Global Endpoints

Kubernetes Crosses the Chasm, and Other Lessons from the 2021 CNCF Survey

You know I love a good survey, so let’s take a look at the Cloud Native Computing Foundation’s 2021 annual survey. They asked 2,302 respondents how they use Kubernetes and the more general category of cloud-native tools. The major conclusion of the report is that Kubernetes usage is mainstream, as the sub-title of the report labeled 2021: “The year Kubernetes crossed the chasm.” (Article)

Systems Programmers Can Have Nice Things

Ryan Levick explores some features that Rust brings to the systems programming world that make life as a system programmer easier. (Presentation with transcript included)
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The Rust Borrow Checker - a Deep Dive

Nell Shamrell-Harrington discusses how to transition from fighting the borrow checker to using its guidance to write safer and more powerful code at any experience level. (Presentation with transcript included)

Software Engineering – Then, Now, and Next

Mary Poppendieck discusses how software engineering has been changed by the scale and speed required of digital companies in the past, now, and in the future. (Presentation with transcript included)

TOP Java NEWS HEADLINES

  1. Java News Roundup: Virtual Threads, JReleaser 1.0, Project Loom, Vendor Statements on Spring4Shell

  2. JReleaser 1.0 Releases Itself

Kubernetes Native Java with Quarkus

Quarkus is an industry leader in startup time and memory utilization for native and JVM-based Java applications. This reduces cloud costs. Kubernetes is a first-class deployment platform in Quarkus with support for its primitives and features. Developers can use their Java knowledge of APIs like Jakarta EE, MicroProfile, Spring, etc. Applications can be imperative or reactive - or both! (Article)

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React 18, Introducing the Concurrent Renderer

React 18 is out and includes the long-awaited concurrent renderer, which enables React to offer several improvements, including the ability to interrupt the rendering process. (News)

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How to Build an In-App Messaging Platform: Lyft's Case

If you have ever thought about building an in-app messaging platform for your mobile app, Lyft's experience may help you get it right. Lyft engineers applied a three-staged approach: MVP, scaling, and optimization. (News)

Software Architecture: It Might Not Be What You Think It Is

Software architecture is often a misunderstood idea. Unlike traditional architecture, where the design is separated from construction, in software how something is built influences what is built, and vice versa. Software architecture is about decisions, not structure. Architecting is a skill, and architect should not be a role. (Article)

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TOP Culture & Methods NEWS HEADLINES

  1. How Software Affects Climate Change, and What Software Engineers Can Do about It

  2. Becoming a Staff Plus Engineer: Leadership and Communication Training Matters

The Top Three Priorities for Engineering Leaders in 2022 and beyond

For engineering leaders, the Great Resignation has made it clear that maintaining employee satisfaction should be a top priority in the coming year. In 2022 and beyond, engineering leaders need to invest in developing a strong engineering culture, using data-driven decision-making to lead their teams, and to prioritize people before performance. (Article)

How Psychological Safety at Work Creates Effective Software Tech Teams That Learn and Grow

This article provides the foundations of psychological safety and shows how it has been applied for team effectiveness. It explores how psychological safety supports learning and improvement and how we can foster a psychologically safe culture in tech teams. (Article)

Production Readiness: Fighting Fires or Building Better Systems?

Laura Nolan discusses why we don’t have a fire code for software, and what Production Readiness Reviews can and cannot achieve in terms of reliability. (Presentation with transcript included)

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