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Software Quality, Google Eventarc, Consul Topology Maps, Swift Concurrency, MicroProfile 4.0, Enterprise Angular, Evolutionary Architecture, Agile Contract Model, Working Remotely

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Andrew Clay Shafer on Three Economies, the Wall of Confusion, and the Origin of DevOps

Wes Reisz speaks with one of the people at the center of the creation of the idea of DevOps. Andrew Clay Shafer is the VP of transformation at Red Hat where his role is about helping companies change their relationship with software in the cloud native ecosystem. On the podcast Shafer talks about the Three Economies, Wall of Confusion, and a bit about those first mentions of DevOps. (Podcast)

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Ayana Miller on Privacy & Data Governance and Julia Nguyen on Mental Health Tech for Good

In this podcast recorded at QCon San Francisco 2019, Shane Hastie, lead editor for culture & methods, spoke to Ayana Miller of Pinterest on privacy & data governance and Julia Nguyen about her open-source project if-me.org for supporting mental health. (Podcast)

TOP AI, ML & Data Engineering NEWS HEADLINES

  1. Large-Scale Multilingual AI Models from Google, Facebook, and Microsoft

Q&A on the Book Accelerating Software Quality

The book Accelerating Software Quality by Eran Kinsbruner explores how we can combine techniques from artificial intelligence and machine learning with a DevOps approach to increase testing effectiveness and deliver higher quality. It provides examples and recommendations for using AI/ML-based solutions in software development and operations. (Article)

TOP DevOps NEWS HEADLINES

  1. Google Announces Eventarc in Preview

  2. Google Introduces a New Version of Its Cloud Shell Editor

  3. HashiCorp Enhances Consul with Topology Maps and Improved Kubernetes Integrations

  4. Cloud Computing in a Shipping Container: Microsoft Introduces the Azure Modular Datacenter

Taking Control of Confusing Cloud Costs

As cloud adoption accelerates, it’s increasingly important that organisations are able to come to grips with confusing cloud pricing and take back control of budgets to optimise spending. This article looks at the source of confusion, and how to get more clarity about costs. (Article)

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Swift Aims to Become a Data Race-Free Concurrent Language

The Swift team has published its roadmap to improve concurrency support in Swift. In a first phase, Swift will gain the async syntax and actors, while in a second phase focus will be on eliminating data races and deadlocks. (News)

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The Road to MicroProfile 4.0

Originally scheduled for a June 2020 release, MicroProfile 4.0 had been delayed until an Eclipse Working Group was established. The new release date is November 10, 2020. John Clingan, senior principal product manager at Red Hat, spoke to InfoQ about the upcoming release of MicroProfile 4.0. (News)

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Plugin Framework for .NET

Mikael Koskinen tells us about his new Plugin Framework, why he created it and how to get the best from it. (Article)

TOP Web Development NEWS HEADLINES

  1. Common Challenges Facing Angular Enterprises - Stephen Fluin at Ngconf

  2. UX Patterns: Stale-While-Revalidate

Running React Applications at the Edge with Cloudflare Workers - Q&A with Josh Larson

Running web applications at the edge shortens the latency observed by users of web applications. Flareact is an edge-rendered React framework built for Cloudflare Workers and inspired by Next.js. Flareact currently supports file-based page routing, dynamic page paths, API routes, cache policy configuration, and edge-side data fetching APIs. (Article)

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The Internet of Things Might Have Less Internet Than We Thought?

Alasdair Allan looks at the possible implications of machine learning on the edge around privacy and security. The ability to run trained networks “at the edge” nearer the data without access to the cloud  -  or in some cases even without even a network connection  at all - means that sensor data in the field can be interpreted without storing potentially privacy infringing data. (Presentation)

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Implementing a Staged Approach to Evolutionary Architecture

The evolution of software architecture needs new approaches for continuous planning, facilitating continuous integration, and dashboards and tools, which provide guide rails for systems to evolve. (Article)

TOP Culture & Methods NEWS HEADLINES

  1. Creating and Nurturing an Intentional Remote Culture

  2. Value vs Time: an Agile Contract Model

Q&A on the Book Working Remotely

In the book Working Remotely, Teresa Douglas, Holly Gordon, and Mike Webber share their experiences from working at Kaplan, a company that changed from being a brick-and-mortar company to becoming a predominantly virtual company. (Article)

Dealing with Psychopaths and Narcissists during Agile Change

Psychopathic or narcissistic toxic employees can slow down the adoption of change in a company. Many of the techniques or practices you use with healthy people do not work well with psychopaths or narcissists. This article explores four key areas that can help a change consultant succeed when dealing with toxic people. (Article)

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Agile Coach, Scrum Master, Change Agent…Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them!

Almudena Rodriguez Pardo takes a closer look at the challenges regarding the ‘Agile coach’ responsibilities and some guidelines on what we should consider when getting ‘fantastic creatures’ on board! (Presentation)

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