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Designing Effective Cross-Team Dynamics For Platform Teams
Discover how to transform platform teams from bottlenecks into powerful enablers.
Jan 26
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Alex Kaserbacher
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Designing Effective Cross-Team Dynamics For Platform Teams
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The Power of Team APIs: Streamlining Cross-Team Interactions
Software modules communicate with each other.
Jan 7
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Alex Kaserbacher
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The Power of Team APIs: Streamlining Cross-Team Interactions
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December 2024
Beyond Bottlenecks: Strategies to Reduce Contention in High-Load Systems
Struggling with slowdowns under load? How to tackle contention, reduce bottlenecks, and keep your applications running smoothly.
Dec 17, 2024
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Alex Kaserbacher
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Beyond Bottlenecks: Strategies to Reduce Contention in High-Load Systems
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Beyond Linear Scaling: How Software Systems Behave Under Load
Why adding more resources doesn't always increase throughput and how concurrency, contention, and coherency impact it.
Dec 10, 2024
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Alex Kaserbacher
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Beyond Linear Scaling: How Software Systems Behave Under Load
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Reactive Systems: Designing Systems for Multi-Dimensional Change
How to design socio-technical systems that adapt to changes in multiple dimensions, like functionality or technology.
Dec 3, 2024
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Alex Kaserbacher
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Reactive Systems: Designing Systems for Multi-Dimensional Change
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November 2024
Beyond the Numbers: When Measures Become Misguided Targets
Discover how misused metrics can lead to unintended consequences in software development, as explained by Goodhart's Law, and how to avoid these…
Nov 26, 2024
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Alex Kaserbacher
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Beyond the Numbers: When Measures Become Misguided Targets
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Architectural Decisions and Incremental Product Development
Discover strategies to avoid unmaintainable, fragile systems by making strategic architectural decisions in agile development.
Nov 19, 2024
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Alex Kaserbacher
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Architectural Decisions and Incremental Product Development
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My Journey to Unravel the Agile Mindset
Why Agile is more than a set of methodologies—it's a mindset crucial for navigating the complexities of software development. How embracing change and…
Nov 12, 2024
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My Journey to Unravel the Agile Mindset
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My 10 Highlights From the 2024 DORA Report
Discover how the latest DORA report reveals surprising pros and cons of AI and platform engineering.
Nov 5, 2024
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Alex Kaserbacher
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My 10 Highlights From the 2024 DORA Report
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October 2024
Architectural Fitness Functions: Building Effective Feedback Mechanisms for Quality Attributes
How software development teams can use fitness functions to establish feedback loops and evaluate quality attributes like performance and reliability…
Oct 29, 2024
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Alex Kaserbacher
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Architectural Fitness Functions: Building Effective Feedback Mechanisms for Quality Attributes
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Course Correction: Implementing Effective Feedback
Effective feedback is essential for software products to thrive. This article explores strategies to "shift left" feedback, making it more assignable…
Oct 22, 2024
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Alex Kaserbacher
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Course Correction: Implementing Effective Feedback
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The Hidden Costs of Sharing: When to Break the DRY Principle
When I started building software, I learned about a prevalent principle: Don’t Repeat Yourself (or DRY).
Oct 15, 2024
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The Hidden Costs of Sharing: When to Break the DRY Principle
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